A goal of Healthy People 2010 is full immunization of 95% of children in kindergarten and first grade in the United States. To reach this goal, the school nurse can teach families that:
1. A minor illness with a low-grade fever is a contraindication to receiving an immunization.
2. Vaccines should be given one at a time for optimum active immunity.
3. Premature infants and low-birth-weight infants should receive half-doses of vaccines.
4. The benefits of immunizations outweigh the risks of communicable diseases.
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Rationale:
1. A minor illness is not a contraindication to immunization.
2. Giving vaccines one at a time will result in many missed opportunities.
3. Half-doses of vaccines should not be given routinely to premature and low-birth-weight infants.
4. The risks and benefits of vaccines far outweigh the risks from communicable diseases and resulting complications.
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