Vaping, Electric Cigarettes, and Clinical Implications

Course Purpose

Evidence-based guidance for assessing vaping exposure, recognizing acute and chronic complications, treating nicotine dependence, and providing patient-centered nursing care.

Continuing Education Credit Designation

This educational activity is credited for 3 contact hours at completion of the activity.

Overview

This course prepares nurses to identify electronic cigarette and other vaping exposures, explain aerosol-related health risks, and recognize nicotine dependence, poisoning, device injuries, and suspected vaping-associated lung injury. After completing the course, the nurse will be able to conduct a nonjudgmental assessment, initiate appropriate escalation and monitoring, support evidence-based cessation, and provide developmentally appropriate education and follow-up.

Objectives

Upon completion of this independent study, the learner will be able to:

1. Differentiate electronic cigarettes and vaping aerosols from combustible tobacco products and smoke.
2. Assess the device, substance, frequency, intensity, and circumstances of a patient's vaping exposure.
3. Recognize clinical findings that require evaluation for nicotine poisoning, thermal injury, or electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury.
4. Apply an evidence-based clinical pathway to the initial evaluation, monitoring, escalation, and discharge planning of patients with suspected vaping-related illness.
5. Evaluate nicotine dependence and deliver brief, patient-centered cessation interventions for adults and adolescents.
6. Educate patients and families about aerosol exposure, dual use, pregnancy risks, safe storage, and prevention of relapse or recurrent exposure.

Who this course is for:

Healthcare professionals who want continuing education on Vaping, Electric Cigarettes, and Clinical Implications.

Course outline

9 sections · finish in any order across devices

1. 1

   Introduction

2. 2

   Definition of Vaping

3. 3

   Electronic Cigarettes Versus Combustible Tobacco Cigarettes

4. 4

   Demographics and Patterns of Vaping

5. 5

   Nicotine Dependence and Addiction

6. 6

   Risks Associated With Vaping

7. 7

   Managing Vaping-Related Lung Complications

8. 8

   Nursing Considerations

9. 9

   Conclusion

This Course Satisfies

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