Reducing the number of preventable childhood illnesses is a major national goal in Healthy People 2020. What will the school nurse teach families regarding immunizations in order to reach this goal?
1. A minor illness with a low-grade fever is a contraindication to receiving an immunization according to Healthy People 2020.
2. Vaccines should be given one at a time for optimum active immunity in the prevention of illness and disease.
3. Premature infants and low-birth-weight infants should receive half doses of vaccines for protection from communicable diseases.
4. It is important to maintain vaccination coverage for recommended vaccines in early childhood and to maintain them through kindergarten.
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale: The benefits of vaccines far outweigh the risks from communicable diseases and resulting complications. A minor illness is not a contraindication to immunization. Giving vaccines one at a time will result in many missed opportunities. Half doses of vaccines should not be given routinely to premature and low-birth-weight infants.
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