Question

The local public health department is providing a free update on vaccines and immunity to the nurses in the community. The education day includes discussions about different types of immunity and the differences between vaccines and immune serum.

a.       What is the difference between active immunity and passive immunity?

b.      What are the key nursing considerations in the implementation of vaccines?

c.       What is the difference between a patient receiving a vaccine and immune serum?

Question 2

A patient has osteoarthritis and has been instructed to take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication. The patient wants to know if it is okay to take over-the-counter medication for a cold. The patient has been experiencing many adverse effects to the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication.

a.       What are the most common adverse reactions of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents?

b.      What are the key considerations in using anti-inflammatory agents with older adults?

c.       What are the important nursing considerations and teaching needs for this patient when taking an over-the-counter salicylate?

Answer 1

What is the difference between active immunity and passive immunity?

Latent Immunity:

-It is created when antibodies delivered in different life forms are infused into a man to neutralize antigen, for example, wind venom.

-It gives prompt help.

-It might cause response.

-It isn't dependable.

Dynamic Immunity:

-It is created when the individual's own cells deliver antibodies in light of disease or immunization.

-It gives alleviation simply after significant lot.

-It has no symptoms.

-It is durable.

What are the key nursing considerations in the implementation of vaccines?

To accomplish the most ideal outcomes from immunizations, painstakingly pursue the proposals for capacity, dealing with, and organization found in every antibody's bundle embed. Here are different advances help guarantee immunization security:

Capacity

Deliberately select and utilize the correct antibody stockpiling units to store immunizations.

Have a legitimately adjusted thermometer or temperature recording gadget inside every capacity compartment.

Assess your chilly anchor systems to guarantee that immunization stockpiling and taking care of rules are being pursued.

Review immunizations upon conveyance and screen cooler and cooler temperatures to guarantee support of the chilly chain.

Turn immunization stock so the most established antibodies are utilized first.

On the off casual that blunders in immunization stockpiling and organization happen, make restorative move instantly to keep them from happening again and advise general wellbeing experts.

Organization

Never direct an antibody later than the termination date.

Direct antibodies inside the recommended eras following reconstitution.

Hold up to draw antibodies into syringes until promptly before organization.

Never blend immunizations in a similar syringe except if they are particularly endorsed for blending by (FDA).

Record immunization and organization data, including part numbers and infusion locales, in the patient's record.

What is the difference between a patient receiving a vaccine and immune serum?

An immunization shows your insusceptible framework to battle a contamination or sickness, basically giving you an insusceptibility. It by and large confers a long haul insusceptibility that can a years ago. Particular models incorporate the flu immunization which gives an invulnerability to particular strains of the infection; or the lockjaw antibody which instructs your safe framework to rapidly distinguish the poisons delivered by the clostridium tetani microscopic organisms and how to create the vital antigens.

An antiserum (here and there called a serum or the plural antisera) contains particular antigens to animate a quick invulnerable framework reaction. This gives a transitory insusceptibility, yet a long haul resistance for the maximum part still requires the utilization of an antibody. A precedent is the lockjaw antidote which contains antigens from already contaminated creatures. These antigens instantly animate the invulnerable framework to create antibodies that kill the neurotoxins delivered by the lockjaw microscopic organisms. It doesn't, notwithstanding, give any resistance from future diseases.