A nurse is educating the parents of a 6-year-old child who recently started attending school. The parents express concerns about their child’s safety and health while at school. Which recommendation is the most appropriate for the nurse to provide?
Teach the child about consistent hand hygiene practices, such as washing hands before meals and after playing outdoors.
Emphasize the importance of packing nutrient-rich snacks and ensuring adequate hydration throughout the school day.
Provide education about traffic safety when walking or riding a bicycle to and from school.
Discuss strategies for preventing bullying, such as informing a trusted adult about concerning situations.
Encouraging consistent hand hygiene is essential for a school-age child because it significantly reduces the risk of infectious diseases, such as colds and gastrointestinal illnesses, which are common in school settings. While advising on proper nutrition and hydration is also important to the child's growth and learning, and discussing bullying prevention is relevant to emotional health, hand hygiene directly supports physical health and aligns closely with the parent's concern for the child's safety and health in this context. Other options, such as teaching traffic safety, relate more broadly to safety but are less closely tied to the immediate concern about the school environment.
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