Nursing students apply evidence-based research principles in primary burn prevention projects

The purpose of this project was for registered nursing students in a baccalaureate nursing program to look at different prevention strategies that could be utilized in the community to impact change in a family's burn prevention knowledge. The prevention strategies and their corresponding interventions were written in a narrative form, and then a poster was created to serve as a supplemental visual aid for the information. Firefighters from a local fire department evaluated posters and their abstracts based on criteria developed by the students. Five posters were revised and submitted to a national burn prevention contest. Students gained valuable experience in developing and revising evidence-based research (EBR) projects to promote community education in primary burn prevention with firefighter collaboration.