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Comprehensive Nursing Exam - Two

A client, who had a femoral popliteal bypass graft surgery 2 days earlier, requests nicotine patches because he does not want to begin smoking again. The nurse provides the client with positive encouragement for beginning smoking cessation with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). Which statement should be the basis for the nurse’s support?

ExplanationA review of studies of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smok- ing cessation found that nicotine replacement therapy helped persons quit smoking and almost doubled long-term success rates. NRT reduces, but does not eliminate, withdrawal symptoms. There is no evidence of one form of NRT being superior to others. Smoking cigarettes while using NRT, even if reduced, increases the risk of serious adverse effects, especially cardiovascular effects.