A goal of Healthy People 2010 is full immunization of 95% of children in kindergarten and first grade in the United States. To help reach this goal, the school nurse can teach families about which of the following?
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 for protection from communicable diseases.
4. The risks of communicable diseases and the risks and benefits of vaccines from vaccine information statements as required by the National Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 and 1993
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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 the resulting complications.
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