NR505 Critique of Systematic Research Review
Analysis and Application of a Clinical Practice Guideline: Child Passenger Safety
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR505 Advanced Research Methods
May 2012
Analysis and Application of a Clinical Practice Guideline: Child Passenger Safety Motor vehicle crashes are identified as the leading cause of death in children under 19 years of age across the United States (Sauber-Schatz, West, & Bergen, 2014). Due to the large number of child deaths that occur each year, education regarding the proper use of child passenger safety seats must be provided to families. According to Basco, Hletko, West, and Darden (2009), although death and injury caused by motor vehicle accidents are deemed accidental, they are preventable. Due to the fact that deaths and injuries that occur are accidental, The American Academy of Pediatrics recognized the need for standardization of recommendations for child passenger safety seats and initiated and funded the development of the Child Passenger Safety clinical practice guideline. Nurses and physicians working in the community and in the inpatient hospital environment have access to multiple resources that can aide in providing education to family members.
Scope and Purpose The purpose of the guideline was to standardized recommendations for pediatricians and parents to follow to optimize the safety of children from birth to adolescence when riding in passenger vehicles (Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention, 2011). With the recommendations standardized, pediatricians are able to promote the safety of children through their daily practice in physician offices and hospitals. In addition the recommendations that were developed by the Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention (2011), the guideline provided resources for physicians so that anticipatory guidance on passenger vehicle safety could be offered to families and provided direct resources for families to access so that
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR505 Advanced Research Methods
May 2012
Analysis and Application of a Clinical Practice Guideline: Child Passenger Safety Motor vehicle crashes are identified as the leading cause of death in children under 19 years of age across the United States (Sauber-Schatz, West, & Bergen, 2014). Due to the large number of child deaths that occur each year, education regarding the proper use of child passenger safety seats must be provided to families. According to Basco, Hletko, West, and Darden (2009), although death and injury caused by motor vehicle accidents are deemed accidental, they are preventable. Due to the fact that deaths and injuries that occur are accidental, The American Academy of Pediatrics recognized the need for standardization of recommendations for child passenger safety seats and initiated and funded the development of the Child Passenger Safety clinical practice guideline. Nurses and physicians working in the community and in the inpatient hospital environment have access to multiple resources that can aide in providing education to family members.
Scope and Purpose The purpose of the guideline was to standardized recommendations for pediatricians and parents to follow to optimize the safety of children from birth to adolescence when riding in passenger vehicles (Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention, 2011). With the recommendations standardized, pediatricians are able to promote the safety of children through their daily practice in physician offices and hospitals. In addition the recommendations that were developed by the Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention (2011), the guideline provided resources for physicians so that anticipatory guidance on passenger vehicle safety could be offered to families and provided direct resources for families to access so that
References: Basco, W.J., Hletko, P., West, L., & Darden, P. (2009). Determining the proportion of children too heavy for age-appropriate car seats in practice-based research network. Clinical Pediatrics, 48(1), 37-43. doi:10.1177/00009922808321676 Children’s Hospital of Illinois. (2014) Child Passenger Safety. Retrieved from http://www.childrenshospitalofillinois.org/different/advocacy/child-passenger-safety.html Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention. (2011, April). Child passenger safety. Retrieved from http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/4/e1050.full Sauber-Schatz, E.K., West, B.A., & Bergen, G. (2014). Vital Signs: Restraint use and motor vehicle occupant death rates among children aged 0-12 years – United States, 2002-2011. MMWR Recommendations & Reports, 63(7), 113-118.