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Your explanation of the influence of nutritional factors on growth is detailed enough to enlighten the reader about the relationship between the types of foods consumed and the growth of an individual. Infants and children need the right diet for proper growth and development. In this regard, nutritional factors are among those factors that have a great influence on the potential growth of an individual. According to Patel and Rouster (2021), optimizing nutrition during infancy and childhood promotes adequate growth of organs and tissues. It also prevents minors from developing nutrition-related diseases. Ideally, as nurses, we should guide parents on how to measure growth as this helps them to evaluate the growth rates of their young ones as they get older.
Parents usually find it quite challenging to give their children those types of foods that will meet all their nutritional needs. However, they can make proper nutritional balances if only they obtain the right guidance from qualified healthcare professionals. As Dewey et al. (2021) explain, a combination of complementary foods with beverages and iron-fortified infant cereals is highly recommended for the growth needs of infants aged between 6 and 12 months. However, parents should refrain from giving added sugars to their infants and children aged under 2 years. To be able to provide appropriate nutritional guidance to parents, nurses need to know the food categories and types that are appropriate for infants and children considering their growth needs.
References
Dewey, K. G., Pannucci, T., Casavale, K. O., Davis, T. A., Donovan, S. M., Kleinman, R. E., Taveras, E. M., Bailey, R. L., Novotny, R., Schneeman, B. O., Stang, J., de Jesus, J., & Stoody, E. E. (2021). Development of food pattern recommendations for infants and toddlers 6-24 months of age to support the dietary guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025. The Journal of Nutrition, 151(10):3113-3124. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab201. PMID: 34195834.
Patel, J. K. & Rouster, A. S. (2021). Infant nutrition requirements and options. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing.
Juliana, your explanation of a teaching plan for parents to promote injury prevention for infants. Infants and children move a lot and things within their environment can impose safety risks. Therefore, it is agreeable that parents should be taught about the importance of removing environmental hazards that may cause injuries to their infants and children (Powers et al., 2019). Many substances that are used on a daily basis contain chemicals that are harmful when consumed. To ensure that infants and children and protected from injuries associated with substances that contain chemicals, parents need to be taught how to keep their minors safe from such substances (Powers et al., 2019). Parents also need to be educated on how to protect their children and infants from burns and falls.
As nurses, we can utilize a number of strategies to educate parents of infants to improve their health behaviors. These strategies include recommending home-based activities to increase the safety of the home environment, offering alternative communication methods such as phones and websites, and using role modeling to change the dynamics within the family (Timm et al., 2022). To be able to ensure effective protection for infants, nurses should include other people in the family who are involved in the care of the infants and children.
References
Timm, A., Kragelund, K., Joenck, L., Husted, N., Jensen, D. M., Norgaard, O., & Terkildsen, H. (2022). Strategies to promote health behaviors in parents with small children-A systematic review and realist synthesis of behavioral interventions. Obesity Reviews, 23(1):e13359. doi: 10.1111/obr.13359. Epub 2021 Nov 3. PMID: 34734473.
Powers, E., Tiyyagura, G., Asnes, A. G., Leventhal, J. M., Moles, R., Christison-Lagay, E., … & Auerbach, M. (2019). Early involvement of the child protection team in the care of injured infants in a pediatric emergency department. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 56(6), 592-600. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0736467919300381