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Archive > July, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 7

Staffing

Clear The Air With Your Smokers

Ann Geier, RN, MS, CNOR, CASC

Any smokers on your staff? Then you know how a five-minute bathroom break can turn into a 15-minute puff party and how the slightest lull in the OR is reason enough for them to step outside and light up. You also know how this steams your non-smokers, who are forced to pick up the slack while their colleagues are on their tar-and-nicotine timeouts. Here's advice on how to handle this situation.

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