The nurse is providing teaching to a community group regarding preventative strategies to reduce the risk of burn injury. Which topics will the nurse include in the teaching session?

Question

1. Avoid contact with unknown animals and wild animals.
2. Layer children's clothing for warmth.
3. Keep infants and toddlers off the lap when drinking hot beverages or eating soup.
4. Lower the temperature settings for hot water heaters.
5. Wear light-colored clothes and avoid eating sweetened foods and beverages when outside.

Answer 1

Correct Answer: 3,4

Rationale: In order to decrease the risk of burn injury, the nurse would tell the group to keep infants and toddlers off the lap while drinking hot beverages or eating soup and to lower the temperature settings for the hot water heaters. Avoiding contact with unknown animals and wild animals along with wearing light-colored clothes and avoiding eating sweetened foods and beverages when outside are strategies to prevent bites and stings. Layering children's clothing for warmth is a strategy to prevent hypothermia.