Public Nurse Vaccination Essay
Focusing on the public nurse and the rendering of immunizations to the local population sparked my curiosity. I started researching more on this aspect of this public nurse service and will share some of this information. I found it interesting that the public health nurse not only provides vaccinations to children and families protecting them against preventable diseases, public nurses are also vital recorders for the research and trends of diseases in the community.
As a mother of two young children in the 21st century I find it fascinating that less than 100 years ago, childhood illnesses and disease where the norm. Diseases that are now prevented by simple immunizations, once attacked whole communities causing lifelong disabilities in
children and even death to many.
Per Nies and McEwin (2014) immunization series protect children and adolescents from over fourteen different vaccine-preventable diseases. To think that there once was a time when diseases such as polio caused thousands of children to become crippled for life and there was no way for families or communities to prevent against this dreaded disease. Today, polio is extinct. The removal of this crippling disease is primarily due to the efforts of public health services. Public nurses still work to educate local families on the importance of immunizations and the risks of choosing to not immunize Nies & McEwin, 2014). Many more diseases remain. With the continued efforts of the public, community, and hospital driven nurses, the clutches of disease and disabilities will become less and less.
References
Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2014). Community/public health nursing: promoting the health of populations (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
As a mother of two young children in the 21st century I find it fascinating that less than 100 years ago, childhood illnesses and disease where the norm. Diseases that are now prevented by simple immunizations, once attacked whole communities causing lifelong disabilities in
children and even death to many.
Per Nies and McEwin (2014) immunization series protect children and adolescents from over fourteen different vaccine-preventable diseases. To think that there once was a time when diseases such as polio caused thousands of children to become crippled for life and there was no way for families or communities to prevent against this dreaded disease. Today, polio is extinct. The removal of this crippling disease is primarily due to the efforts of public health services. Public nurses still work to educate local families on the importance of immunizations and the risks of choosing to not immunize Nies & McEwin, 2014). Many more diseases remain. With the continued efforts of the public, community, and hospital driven nurses, the clutches of disease and disabilities will become less and less.
References
Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2014). Community/public health nursing: promoting the health of populations (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.