Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Dealing With The Threat Of Potential Disease Outbreaks

Course overview

This course has been developed for nurse practitioners and other registered nurses who provide patient care in multiple settings across the healthcare continuum. Includes 5 Pharmacology Contact Hours. This course provides extensive information about vaccine-preventable diseases as well as their epidemiology and prevention strategies. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Identify diseases for which vaccines are administered. Discuss why some parents and other caregivers are reluctant to have their children immunized. Identify potential consequences of not obtaining recommended immunizations. Identify factors that contraindicate immunization. Describe the pathophysiology of various vaccine-preventable diseases. Evaluate treatment initiatives, including prevention strategies, for various vaccine-preventable diseases. Discuss nursing considerations related to vaccine-preventable diseases.