Many people in the United States have stopped giving their children vaccinations. Reasons why vaccines are not given include: fear of chronic illness, fear of reactions, religious beliefs, rumors, social media, and just plain choice. Serious diseases and illnesses have increased in number since vaccines have not been given. Research has proven that if we stop vaccinating for diseases they will comeback. If we continue to allow parents the choice not to vaccinate children, we could find ourselves with many deadly diseases spreading over the country causing serious illness and death.
Nurses and nurse practitioners must teach the public about why vaccines are so important. The public’s understanding of these illness and their risks is the best way to get everyone to vaccinate their children. The public became more aware of the problems of these illnesses in December 2014 with a measles outbreak …show more content…
The first change that needs to be happen is the government must give more money to the Center for Disease Control for research of these vaccinations and for advertising. Advertising can educate the public to show how safe the vaccines are and show how deadly the illnesses are when the vaccine is not given.
2. Second, students who are not vaccinated should not be allowed in public schools because these children are putting other children at risk.
3. Third, it has been proven that people that have not taken their vaccinations are putting a risk on others. There is a huge risk in waiting rooms, especially babies who are not yet old enough to be vaccinated or people that have severe illnesses and are unable to fight infections, therefore many doctors are choosing to refuse to be their doctor. If the risk of not having a doctor became more common, I feel this would encourage people to immunize their children.
4. Last, the government needs to educate the public by television, social media, newspapers and healthcare provider’s instructions
Nurses and nurse practitioners must teach the public about why vaccines are so important. The public’s understanding of these illness and their risks is the best way to get everyone to vaccinate their children. The public became more aware of the problems of these illnesses in December 2014 with a measles outbreak …show more content…
The first change that needs to be happen is the government must give more money to the Center for Disease Control for research of these vaccinations and for advertising. Advertising can educate the public to show how safe the vaccines are and show how deadly the illnesses are when the vaccine is not given.
2. Second, students who are not vaccinated should not be allowed in public schools because these children are putting other children at risk.
3. Third, it has been proven that people that have not taken their vaccinations are putting a risk on others. There is a huge risk in waiting rooms, especially babies who are not yet old enough to be vaccinated or people that have severe illnesses and are unable to fight infections, therefore many doctors are choosing to refuse to be their doctor. If the risk of not having a doctor became more common, I feel this would encourage people to immunize their children.
4. Last, the government needs to educate the public by television, social media, newspapers and healthcare provider’s instructions