residents that smoke

[nrsbetrn]

Does anyone have a smoking policy you could share with me. We have several residents that smoke. We are a smoke-free facility but you are allowed to smoke outside the building. We have scheduled smoke breaks for the residents and all are supervised by a staff member. We have some that are alert and oriented but some that are confused. Do you have all your residents wear smoke aprons?

[CapeCodMermaid, RN]

We assign one staff member to supervise the residents while they are smoking and they are allowed to smoke also. We do not schedule non-smoking staff to assist the residents to smoke unless they want to be involved. I think all residents should be supervised. This is a huge safety concern.

Smoking itself whether supervised or not is a huge safety concern. It is a disgusting, nasty, costly, DEADLY habit, and we as health care professionals should not be assisting anyone or allowing anyone to smoke in our facilities. How much money do we spend treating respiratory and cardiac diseases????and then we let the patients smoke.:angryfire :angryfire :madface: