Case Example: A couple comes into the clinic with their six-month-old daughter. You are the nurse...

Case Example:

A couple comes into the clinic with their six-month-old daughter.
You are the nurse taking a health history on the child and discover that the child has not had any vaccines other than what she received at birth.
The mother expresses fear about having her child receive any future vaccines.
She tells you she has heard her friends say they can cause autism and even the very disease that the vaccine is supposed to prevent.

Question:

What would you tell parents who are hesitant to immunize their children about vaccine safety?

Write a response that addresses this controversial issue and include at least one scholarly reference in your response. Respond to at least one peer's posting.

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Expert Solution

1.listen to parent's concerns and acknowledge them in a non-confrontational manner. Allowing parents to express their concerns which will improve their willingness to healthcare provider's views
Promote partenerships with parents in decision-making and personalize these relationships. provide the important information first. Make sure the parents understands the information. Clarify and reaffirm parent's correct beliefs about immunization and modify misconceptions
Discuss the benefits of vaccines and the possibility of adverse events. Be open about what is known and unknown about immunization. Provide parents with vaccine information statements,educational resources. Personalize the information provided to parents based on their cultural beliefs, vaccine concerns and literacy level
As a positive approach, stress the importance of number of saved lifes by immunization, rather than focussing on number of deaths from not immunizing
Discuss the state laws for school entry and the rationale for them. Some parents disagre with mandatory immunization and resist immunization because they believe their rights as parents are being taken away. Explain that vaccines benefit individual children and communities through herd immunity
Provider attitudes and beliefs have been linked to vaccination coverage in pre-school children

Nightingale answered 1 year ago

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