According to the findings of this study, nurses declared that working with cancer patients increase burnout, they are insufficient in managing work stress and giving psychological care to patients, but their job satisfaction, clinical skills and awareness regarding priorities of life has increased.

This research was designed as an interventional research to investigate the effects of smoking cessation behaviors among nurses through a psychoeducational program. The program focused on psychosocial and behavioral counseling interventions. Fifty-two nurses who smoked at least 1 cigarette a day and worked at Hacettepe University were included in this study. The structured program consisted of 10 sessions with 3 follow-ups. After the treatment, results indicated that self-efficacy and stress management averages increased significantly while brief symptoms inventory scores significantly decreased. In addition, at the end of the intervention, nearly half of the participants were successful in smoking cessation. Although the cessation rates had decreased during the follow-up, they were considerably lower than the rate of participants who had initially quit smoking.

Cancer patients can have various problems in the adaptation process to cancer. Therefore, oncology nurses should be actively involved in working with patients to find solutions and ways of coping with the issues they face.