In the elderly (P), does the flu vaccine (I) compared to no vaccine (C) reduce the incidence of the flu (O) during flu season(T)? Virginia Gamez NURS/HCPI 552: Scholarship Integration and Application November 23, 2016 Dr. Sharon Dormire Abstract Many elderlies are not being vaccinated against the influenza virus leaving them unprotected from this disease. The current practice is to treat patients for acute or chronic conditions and prevention is being forgotten. Patient charts and immunization
Vaccines are defined by vaccines.org as a product that produces immunity from a disease and can be administered through needle injections, by mouth, or by aerosol. Vaccines cause immunity to certain diseases and are administered worldwide. They have been proven to be safe, effective, and they work with one’s immune system to prevent diseases which protects individuals and their communities. Every child that is vaccinated goes on a specific journey and receives certain vaccines at different times
Before vaccines were invented, whenever an individual contracted a disease, it would easily spread to the people who were in contact with the individual. Many became carriers of the disease, resulting in an outbreak. No one was immune from the disease, thus making the vast majority a suitable host for the pathogen. In 1796, British physician Edward Jenner created the first vaccination for smallpox by applying matters of fresh cowpox lesions on an infected eight years old’s hand (Riedel 2005). The
a highly contagious disease that could be easily avoidable through an injection, would you take that preventable measure? Vaccines tend to be beneficial amongst all persons in an area, as long as the majority of people within that population receive the vaccine. Vaccines are also beneficial because, proven by past statistics and knowledge, many of the worlds’ worst diseases have been eradicated through the use of immunization. Over the past two decades, The Centers for Disease Control reported that
Vaccines, What You Need to Know Vaccines are defined by vaccines.org as a product that produces immunity from a disease and can be administered through needle injections, by mouth, or by aerosol. Vaccines cause immunity to certain diseases and are administered worldwide. They have been proven to be safe, effective, and they work with one’s immune system to prevent diseases which protects individuals and their communities. Every child that is vaccinated goes on a specific journey and receives certain
For hundreds of years, vaccines have been preventing dangerous and deadly diseases such as polio, the measles, hepatitis, and more. However, as long as there have been vaccines, there has been strong opposition to their use. Perhaps the most common belief is that vaccines—specifically the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine, is tied to an increased risk of autism. Media coverage, based on inaccurate evidence and disproved by scientific studies, has led to a large public fear that autism can be
Vaccines and the diseases they are used for have been an incredible scientific feat that has changed the way we live drastically. Before vaccines, people were dying rapidly from many diseases that are now either eradicated or controlled. Vaccines have saved millions of lives and are continuing to do so today. People no longer live in fear of catching a disease from other people due to vaccinations and what they do to the body. Diseases come in all shapes and sizes, and science has been able to successfully
Measles Vaccine and Other Vaccinable Diseases Measles Virus The measles virus has been around for a long time. It is also one of the diseases that was successfully eliminated from the United States in the year 2000 through mass immunization programs that effectively rendered the virus with no hosts to populate (CDC, n.d.). Even though it is considered eliminated there are some small cases of it throughout the year mostly small and localized issues. An outbreak is only classified when more individuals
In today’s society we use many vaccines that help prevent many different diseases. Some of these are live, attenuated vaccines, inactivated vaccines, subunit vaccines, toxoid vaccines, conjugate vaccines, DNA vaccines, recombinant vector vaccines. There are also multiple benefits of children getting there vaccinations early. There are also some downsides to vaccinations which will looked at directly as well. The importance of these vaccines are a great help and ultimately outweigh the shortcomings
Pathos] Think of all of the diseases that once were; Smallpox, Rubella, Polio, and Mumps we do not really think about those diseases anymore because we do not have to worry about them. But do we ever take the time to pause for a moment in our fast lives and think, think of all of the people who died from these diseases, think of all of the people who lost family and friends, and think of the privilege that we live with- that we do not have to deal with these diseases anymore. This privilege is from