Vaccines & a career in nursing.

Hello!!

I just have a quick question. I'm keen on preparing for a career switch to nursing, but before I do so, my big concern at the moment is vaccination. I am anti-vaccine (I don't vaccinate my daughter) & I myself refuse to be vaccinated for Hepatitis B just so I can do clinicals for school or become employed as a C.N.A. or R.N.

I'm not here to listen to a bunch of hypocrites tell me I'm a whack job for not supporting vaccines. I'm asking this forum for a little help: WILL I HAVE A PROBLEM A) GETTING INTO NURSING SCHOOL W/ A PHILOSOPHICAL EXEMPTION FOR VACCINES? (I believe OSHA has a Hepatitis B vaccine waiver also), & B) WILL NOT BEING VACCINATED HINDER MY EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS?

One community college I'm interested in is telling me that the clinical sites won't accept me if I'm not vaccinated - which makes the education useless, obviously. All the same for R.N. school. I did ask the nursing department secretary here (Contra Costa College) for the name of the clinical sites & she dodged the subject easily - perhaps she didn't hear me, who knows - I will give her a get away free card, although I'm dubious.

I was fully vaccinated as a child (born in 1978, so standard schedule as of that 'era). Are there any other vaccines I'd need to 'worry' about for work, besides hepatitis B? I did have chicken pox as a child, so I won't be harassed for the varicella shot. I do know I was vaxed for MMR, DTP, IPV, & HiB.

Thank you for your HELP!