Opinion: Unity home point for young people in evidence Behind the Wheel

Opinion: Unity home point for young people in evidence Behind the Wheel a girl teenager in Iowa was killed this year when his reinvertida car into a ditch. Evidence suggests that she may have been testing. A 16 year old boy was killed in North Carolina when he took his eyes away from the road to read a text message and your vehicle crossed the Centre lane frontally attacking in a pickup. A 19 year-old admitted had evidence when fatally struck an 84-year-old pedestrian. Unfortunately, we are becoming too familiar with the horrors of tests and driving.

State legislatures have made so far as evidence of illegal while driving in 30 Estados.Pero curiously, a study by the Institute data loss road, an affiliate of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, showed cell and text prohibits not had any real impact on accidents, and once more we face to find ways to change this life-threatening behavior.

A group of southeastern Louisiana University nursing students brought their community to encourage adolescents and adults to eliminate distractions while conduce.después observe high school students routinely tests while driving, became an innovative program in motivated to help adolescents in a local change this dangerous behavior secondary school and introduced drive safer ? subsequent text, a multimedia educational program featuring presentations by the students of nursing, a testimony of staff of an individual who lost a member of the family as a result of testing while driving and video.Even convinced a local Billboard company to get into the Act.

Students? efforts had an impact inmediato.Acuerdo university?s website, a survey of students who attended the presentation follow-up was revealed in 45% of students had not while driving a week later texted and another 37% ?greatly decreased? your amount of evidence while driving.

While some of us talk about the problem, these nursing students took medidas.Espero that join you all me to recommend the Group of students SELU nurses for their innovative approach to improve the health of your community.

Theresa Gaffney, RN, MPA, is a Vice President of communications and the initiatives for Nurse.com breastfeeding.

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