Understand hygienic practice in preparing formula feeds
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Case Study
Terry is a student in the baby room of the local nursery. It’s a lovely environment with excellent baby care practices. He feels delighted to have the opportunity to work with this team.
After 6 weeks, Terry is given the opportunity to learn how to make up formula feeds. He is over the moon about this as it is confirmation he is making good progress and the staff trust him. He has learnt all about making up a bottle feed in his last tutor session.
Unfortunately while being given a demonstration of preparing a feed, he notices the qualified practitioner doing something that he has been told never to do – packing the powder into the scoop. He knows the setting has had an outstanding report from Ofsted and, after all, he is just a trainee so he is now really unsure as to whether he should say anything.
He decides to ask why the milk powder is being packed in and the practitioner tells him that the particular baby she is preparing it for is always hungry so she is making it a little bit thicker to satisfy the baby for longer.
- What should Terry do now?
- Should he trusts his instinct that this is wrong?
- How do you think the practitioner will react if he comments?
- How should he deal with a negative reaction if he is unfortunate enough to get one?
It is rare that there is just one way to respond to a scenario or situation, so do not consider that the response you have chosen to this scenario will be judged as right or wrong. Share your scenario with a work colleague and ask them to tell you if they think you have responded appropriately. Ask them to challenge your response if necessary. You do not need to submit this task for assessment unless asked to do so by your tutor.