Debi,
You're still not getting the point...
Immunization IS your immunity
already acquired from vaccinations or
already having the disease. It's something you
already have protecting you from the disease. Think of it as a bulletproof vest that you're wearing. This is your PRIMARY defense, because you already have it working to protect you.
Your secondary defenses are things that you CAN do to protect yourself,
in the future, like getting the HPV vaccines. Once you finish the series of vaccines, you will develop an immunity,
in the future, to the disease. This immunity is your immunizations, and then becomes a PRIMARY defense, BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE IT.
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Amber Guillot R.N., B.S.N.
School District Nurse Kersey CO
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-05-2018 10:39
From: Deborah Blank
Subject: Quiz: Chapter 3
HPV still protects all the public, whether or not its required. Same with all immunizations.
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"We cannot change the direction of the wind but we CAN adjust the sails"
Debi Blank, RN, BSHESchool Nurse
Trenton Elementary School
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Trenton, Maine 04605
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I caution you from getting to picky on a public health model that was developed before many of the vaccinations. Think general; think public health. Immunizations protect ALL of the public - and therefore are primary; screening is for selected high risk groups and so it is secondary.
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Janice Selekman DNSc, RN, NCSN, FNASN
Professor
University of Delaware
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