Short Motivational Conversations to Help Patients Change

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By Carolyn J. Swenson, M.S.P.H., M.S.N., R.N., Peer Assistance Services, Inc. From the Winter 2019 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Imagine this scenario: your patient reports that he/she currently smokes or uses another form of tobacco. You know that it is important to encourage them to quit but you only have a few minutes and you know that these conversations …