Cadiovascular Primary Prevention for Women... Hah!

Nurses General Nursing

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Oncology, Psych.

I'm working on a clinical case management project for school and came across this article. I started laughing out loud when I read this sentence. Does anyone else think the latter part of the sentence could be rephrased to be a bit more clear? :D:D

"Although men are still more likely to smoke than women, {25%

vs. 20.2%, respectively), cigarette smoking appears to

be more hazardous to women's cardiovascular health than men."

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Vol, 20, No. 6, pp 433-441 | © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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Specializes in cardiac, ortho, med surg, oncology.

Good one. Took me reading it twice before I got it. Though I am still unsure which is worse for women's cardiovascular health: men or smoking. Ha ha ha :chuckle

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Specializes in CVICU, Burns, Trauma, BMT, Infection control.

Oh I think men are much more hazardous!:lol_hitti

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yeah, took a second look, or at least 1.5...lol.....miranda should love this one......is this in a peer reviewed and properly edited journal???

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Oncology, Psych.

I'm pretty sure that the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing is peer reviewed. Properly edited? That may be a different story :)

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I'm pretty sure that the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing is peer reviewed. Properly edited? That may be a different story :)

Indeed!

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