The nurse is preparing adult smoking cessation material for a patient admitted with heart failure. What criteria did the nurse use to determine that the patient should receive this material?

Question

1. Patient smoked cigarettes any time during the last year prior to hospitalization
2. Patient uses chewing tobacco
3. Patient smokes five cigars a week
4. Patient stopped smoking five years prior to hospitalization

Answer 1

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Rationale 1: For the Adult Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling heart failure core measure, a smoker is defined as someone who has smoked cigarettes anytime during the year prior to hospital arrival.
Rationale 2: The use of chewing tobacco is not included in the criteria for the Adult Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling for heart failure core measure.
Rationale 3: Smoking cigars is not included in the criteria for the Adult Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling for heart failure core measure.
Rationale 4: This is not the definition of a smoker for the Adult Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling for heart failure core measure.