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Paediatric Mouth Care Survey For Nursing Staff: If Yes, What Are These Barriers?

This document is a survey for nursing staff about paediatric mouth care. It asks questions to assess their current training, practices, confidence, and needs regarding mouth care for child patients. Specifically, it asks about previous training, how often and who provides mouth care, difficulties providing care, ability to recognize oral issues, confidence providing various types of care, and whether additional training would be beneficial. The goal is to develop a training module to address any gaps or needs identified by the survey responses.

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Paediatric Mouth Care Survey For Nursing Staff: If Yes, What Are These Barriers?

This document is a survey for nursing staff about paediatric mouth care. It asks questions to assess their current training, practices, confidence, and needs regarding mouth care for child patients. Specifically, it asks about previous training, how often and who provides mouth care, difficulties providing care, ability to recognize oral issues, confidence providing various types of care, and whether additional training would be beneficial. The goal is to develop a training module to address any gaps or needs identified by the survey responses.

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Paediatric Mouth Care Survey for Nursing Staff

1. Are you a:
Healthcare assistant ☐ Trainee Nurse ☐
Nurse ☐ Other ☐
Please specify ward type/area of work: …………………………………………………

2. Have you ever had training in providing oral health or mouth care training?
Yes ☐ No ☐
If yes, what type of training have you had?
Part of nursing or nursing assistant training ☐
Other formal training ☐
In house training ☐
Other, please specify ………………………………………………………………….

3. On admission, do you check if a child has brought a toothbrush/toothpaste with them?


Yes ☐ No ☐
If not, do you provide one?
Yes ☐ No ☐

4. Do you have a mouth care assessment tool in your ward?


Yes ☐ No ☐

5. Do you currently find any difficulties in providing/assisting patients with mouth care?
Yes ☐ No ☐
If yes, what are these barriers?
Time ☐
Lack of training ☐ Patient compliance/cooperation ☐
Lack of tools like a toothbrush Not a priority ☐
/toothpaste ☐
Do not like to do it ☐ Other (Please specify) …………………….

6. Who provides mouth care for your patients?


Parent/Carer Nurse/HCA Patient No One
Brush their teeth

Brush their gums

Brush their tongue

Apply lubricant/
barrier to lips

7. If you provide mouth care for your patients, how often do you do this?

Twice daily ☐ A few times a week ☐


Once daily ☐ A few times a month ☐
i. AM Never ☐
ii. PM Other………………………….

8. If mouth care is provided by patient/parent/carer, how often do you check they have done
this?
Twice daily ☐ Never
Once daily ☐
AM / PM

9. To help us develop our training module, do you feel confident in recognising signs of:
(Tick YES or NO- PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE SECTIONS BLANK)
YES NO NOT SURE
Dental decay

Tartar/ calculus (hard deposits)

Plaque (soft deposits)

Dry mouth

Mouth ulcers

Halitosis/ bad breath

Cold sores

Excessive drooling

Wobbly teeth

Lip / Cheek biting

Thrush

Dry/cracked lips

10. If asked to provide mouth care, would you feel confident in:
(Tick YES or NO)
YES NO
Brushing patient’s teeth

Providing oral health advice/ tooth


brushing information

Providing dietary advice to reduce the risk of decay

Providing dry mouth care

Assessing a mouth and referring onwards if necessary

Providing mouth care for someone who displays challenging behaviour

Providing mouth care for someone who has an unsafe swallow

Advising on how to find a dentist

11. Do you feel you would benefit from training in providing mouth care and assessing the
mouth?
Yes☐ No☐

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