Question

you need to come up with a small summary essay using an evidenced-based practice nursing journal article related to child nutrition or safety for children.

The article must be a nursing journal article and no more than 5 years old. Submit the article, not the reference.

Answer 1

Safety for Children

Some falls from furniture, falls on stairs or steps, poisonings and scalds may be prevented by incorporating home safety advice based on the findings into child health contacts. Such contacts could include child surveillance programme contacts (i.e. well-child visits in primary care), contacts following injuries in primary, secondary and tertiary care and injury prevention contacts such as home safety assessments or at referral for or fitting of home safety equipment. Children’s centres can effectively deliver injury prevention activities to families with young children living in disadvantaged communities. Providing children’s centres with training and facilitation to implement the IPB can result in greater delivery of injury prevention activities.

General safety advice

Children are less likely to be injured in households that use safety devices such as smoke alarms, safety gates, cupboard locks and TMVs (to reduce tap water scalds).
Teaching children safety rules can reduce the risk of injury.

Preventing fire-related injury

Fit and check smoke alarms.
Home safety checks can help families to make homes safer. Ask the fire service for a fire safety check.
Make a fire escape plan, practise it and share it with the other adults in the home.

Preventing scalds

Keep hot drinks out of reach and do not pass them over babies or young children.
Fit a TMV to prevent bathwater scalds.
Teach children not to climb in the kitchen and not to touch the cooker or hot objects.

Preventing falls

Change nappies on the floor and do not put car seats and bouncing seats on raised surfaces.
Do not leave babies unattended on a raised surface, for example a bed, as they may roll off.
Use safety gates to prevent falls downstairs and always close them after use.
Cover stairs with carpet to reduce the risk of falls.
Teach children rules about not climbing on objects from which they could fall.

Preventing poisoning

Fit cupboard locks to cupboards where medicines and household chemicals are stored.
Store medicines and household chemicals in locked cupboards or locked medicines boxes that are at or above adult eye level.
Always put medicines and household chemicals away straight after using them.