To make sure that our patients are up-to-date on vaccines recommended by CDC, we should integrate a few important steps in our standard care of practice. As advance practice nurses we should:
1. Stay informed about updates on vaccination recommendations
2. Assess the patient vaccinations needs at every clinical encounter.
3. Ask our patient to complete a simple screening questionnaire to determine if there are any valid contraindications.
4. Educate the patient; not only about the benefits of vaccination, but also about the potential risk and cost of becoming sick.
5. Keep a comprehensive immunization record in each patient’s chart. Also, I think it would be beneficial to give each patient a card that contains their vaccination history.
6. Give information sheets about how to treat possible minor side effects (i.e. pain, fever)
7. Follow-up, a few days after the vaccination, with patients that expressed extreme worry; this will provide comfort and reinforce trust.
8. Avoid “misses opportunities.” Stock your office with needed vaccines.
2) At your current and previous clinical sites, what has your experience or observation been with tracking, addressing, and …show more content…
To persuade patients, we need to know whether they are un-informed or misinformed, and then we need to educate them appropriately. For some, it is enough to provide reliable educational resources to alleviate some of the concerns. Others require more in-depth information. Also, it's essential to give patients the tools to discriminate between genuine scientific literature and the pseudoscientific literature surrounding vaccines. Finally, besides providing evidence-based reasons to vaccinate, we need to listen to the patient’s safety concerns and avoid being judgmental. This will help us achieve a trusting relationship with the patient and potentially boost their confidence and shape their attitudes against vaccination in the
1. Stay informed about updates on vaccination recommendations
2. Assess the patient vaccinations needs at every clinical encounter.
3. Ask our patient to complete a simple screening questionnaire to determine if there are any valid contraindications.
4. Educate the patient; not only about the benefits of vaccination, but also about the potential risk and cost of becoming sick.
5. Keep a comprehensive immunization record in each patient’s chart. Also, I think it would be beneficial to give each patient a card that contains their vaccination history.
6. Give information sheets about how to treat possible minor side effects (i.e. pain, fever)
7. Follow-up, a few days after the vaccination, with patients that expressed extreme worry; this will provide comfort and reinforce trust.
8. Avoid “misses opportunities.” Stock your office with needed vaccines.
2) At your current and previous clinical sites, what has your experience or observation been with tracking, addressing, and …show more content…
To persuade patients, we need to know whether they are un-informed or misinformed, and then we need to educate them appropriately. For some, it is enough to provide reliable educational resources to alleviate some of the concerns. Others require more in-depth information. Also, it's essential to give patients the tools to discriminate between genuine scientific literature and the pseudoscientific literature surrounding vaccines. Finally, besides providing evidence-based reasons to vaccinate, we need to listen to the patient’s safety concerns and avoid being judgmental. This will help us achieve a trusting relationship with the patient and potentially boost their confidence and shape their attitudes against vaccination in the