Almost thirty years have passed since the surgeon general of the United States released the first report on the effects of smoking (U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1964). Over the ensuing years, further reports have expanded our knowledge of the widespread physiological effects of tobacco smoke and those at greatest risk (U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1979; U.S. DHHS 1987, 1991, 1992; American Medical Association 1989). Subsequently, there has been a dramatic decrease in the number of smokers; more than thirty-six million Americans have quit smoking since the surgeon general's report (U.S. DHHS 1987, 7). Supporting this trend are the surgeon general's national health objectives for the year 2000 to achieve smoke-free work environments (Koop 1985). All of these trends contribute to current efforts to make hospitals smoke-free environments.
The effect of assertively asking a smoker to refrain from smoking was investigated to determine if individuals could reduce their exposure to passive smoke with a simple request. The results showed that an assertive request was complied with in a significant number of interactions. The location where the request was made had a significant effect on whether the smoker complied or not to the request.
Background: Although most RN-to-BSN programs offer bridge courses, little can be found in the literature about common course objectives, content, or outcomes.
Method: This article details course objectives, course content, course implementation, and preliminary outcomes of a primarily distance learning RN-to-BSN bridge course at a northern California university.
Results: Preliminary outcome assessments suggested greater than expected increases in role and campus socialization, as well as computer literacy, as a result of RN-to-BSN bridge course implementation.
Conclusion: The RN-to-BSN bridge course can successfully be used to transition the re-entry student and may be the link allowing RN-to-BSN students to effectively face the concurrent challenges of role socialization and computer literacy while mastering course content and course objectives.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.