Immunization

Immunizations prevent suffering by ridding of the diseases that may harm you and those around you. According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “Almost two centuries after Jenner published his hope that vaccination could annihilate smallpox, on May 8th, 1980, the 33rd World Health Assembly officially declared the world free of this disease” (History of Smallpox). Due to vaccinations, diseases that have swept the nation in the past have disappeared. If everyone was immunized, diseases…

Immunization: “the creation of immunity usually against a particular disease; especially treatment (as by vaccination) of an organism for the purpose of making it immune to a particular pathogen” (Merriam-Webster). This method of eradicating a disease has gone on for many years, dating back to the 1700’s, when Edward Jenner studied Cowpox and small pox immunity. Immunization first began in the United States in 1721 when a Puritan Minister Cotton Mather, encouraged smallpox vaccination in…

America has been split over a great healthcare debate, the debate over immunizations. However despite this conflict America has a high vaccination rate. On the other hand, the world has a very low vaccination rate. Vaccines benefit every level of society from the government down to individuals, thus everyone should have access to them. In 2010, an initiative call “The Decade of Vaccines (DoV)” was launched. The purpose of this initiative was to bring the full benefits of vaccines to all people…

vaccinated in the United Sates is climbing. With the decline of vaccinations due to the rising cost of immunizations and state exemptions, there is a very real threat that they may emerge. A national affordable healthcare plan has radically improved the widely availability of vaccinations at little or no cost. This measure that makes immunizations affordable will also help to insure the…

of Health and Human Services: National Vaccine Program Office established the Standards for Pediatric Immunization Practices. The Standards for Pediatric Immunization Practices consists of a preamble and eighteen standards all of which are important for implementation of immunizations however the first five standards should be considered implicit: “Immunizations are readily available, immunizations are free or for a minimal fee, no barriers or unnecessary prerequisites to receipt of vaccines…

effectivity of shot to 99%. Since babies get passive immunization from their mothers during childbirth, they may be immune to this virus. However, immunization…

Methodology There is a concern among parents about whether or not they should vaccinate their children. Attitudes that are directed toward immunizations either being related to misinformation that some have heard or looked up on the internet. Immunization and or vaccines are broadly are perceived by the healthcare organization as well as the healthcare professionals to be the most important instrument for accomplishing the success against fighting diseases. The participating parties will be…

Expanded Programme on Immunization (KEPI) in 1980 with the main aim of providing immunization against six killer diseases of childhood, namely tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and measles to all children in the country before their first birthday. Although the programme has not achieved optimal coverage in a number of sub counties, the overall and marked control of measles. After the program, was started more vaccines have been added to the infant immunization schedule,…

Applicability. The components from the randomized control trial that were incorporated into the PICO question included the population of infants scheduled for routine immunizations and the use of sucrose. Administration of 2 mL of a 24% oral sucrose solution two minutes before three serial routine immunizations showed effective in decreasing behavioral pain response 5 minutes after treatment administration and shortening the time before returning to a near normal state compared to a…

Immunization is one of the effective methods that contribute in reducing the incidence and severity of vaccine‑preventable diseases (DOH 2015). The scope of nursing is expanding and public health is in higher priority. I enrolled to this course with a view of enhancing my career opportunities as an Authorised Nurse Immunizer and to promote general health and wellbeing of general population. Nurses play a fundamental role in immunization practice. Upon completion of this course I will able to…