Psychiatric and Māori nurses more likely to smoke than other healthcare workersAFR Smoking remains a habit for about 14 per cent of New Zealanders. (File photo)Māori and psychiatric nurses are more likely to light up than other nurses and doctors, according to new research on smoking rates among healthcare workers. But that jumped to 19 per cent for Māori nurses and 16.8 per cent for psychiatric nurses. He pointed out the rate among psychiatric nurses in the 2006 census was 26 per cent for men and 30 per cent for women, and 32.2 per cent among all nurses. "A good place to start would be to work with Māori nurses and mental health care nurses to explore their needs and develop appropriate smokefree interventions."

Source: Stuff March 09, 2018 03:00 UTC