Do lpns give vaccinations?

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Hello, I am not an healthcare worker, but I have a few questions about vaccinations and nursing. I know cnas don't give vaccinations, but are lpns required/expected to give immunizations in an average job? I've heard that most nursing homes don't have their lpns give vaccinations. Would this be true for hospital lpns? Does anybody know of a job that doesn't require lpns giving vaccines? I'd like to go to school to either be a cna or lpn in the near future, but I would refuse to give anybody a vaccine. I can't really find a clear answer to this anywhere, so feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Although not exactly on point to the thread, I am reminded of one of our pharmacists who has religious beliefs against abortion. He will not dispense a script for Plan B insofar as he believes it is an abortifacient. We have another pharmacist dispense the script. The state Board of Pharmacy has explicitly ruled it is ethical for a pharmacist to refuse to dispense these scripts based on their religious belief.

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Although not exactly on point to the thread, I am reminded of one of our pharmacists who has religious beliefs against abortion. He will not dispense a script for Plan B insofar as he believes it is an abortifacient. We have another pharmacist dispense the script. The state Board of Pharmacy has explicitly ruled it is ethical for a pharmacist to refuse to dispense these scripts based on their religious belief.

Which is ******* ********.

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Although not exactly on point to the thread, I am reminded of one of our pharmacists who has religious beliefs against abortion. He will not dispense a script for Plan B insofar as he believes it is an abortifacient. We have another pharmacist dispense the script. The state Board of Pharmacy has explicitly ruled it is ethical for a pharmacist to refuse to dispense these scripts based on their religious belief.

Well if the OP is against vaccinations, he/she won't make it to the point of standing before BON for a refusal to administer vaccines; if you aren't vaccinated yourself, almost no health care program, clinical site, or employer will accept an unvaccinated student/employee.

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Which is ******* ********.

And ridiculous since it doesn't work if already pregnant.

If thats the case, said pharmacist should also refuse any and all birth control prescriptions.

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I'm sorry, but i have a zero tolerance for anti-vax rhetoric. It's dangerous, and as a health care provider people will trust your "judgement".

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Although not exactly on point to the thread, I am reminded of one of our pharmacists who has religious beliefs against abortion. He will not dispense a script for Plan B insofar as he believes it is an abortifacient. We have another pharmacist dispense the script. The state Board of Pharmacy has explicitly ruled it is ethical for a pharmacist to refuse to dispense these scripts based on their religious belief.

Plan B is OTC now anyways isn't it.

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Plan B is OTC now anyways isn't it.

It's still behind the counter so you still have to ask for it. The family owned pharmacy in my town doesn't even carry it (predominantly catholic town).

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It's still behind the counter so you still have to ask for it. The family owned pharmacy in my town doesn't even carry it (predominantly catholic town).

It's on the aisles here at least in the commercial pharmacies. And you can buy it on Amazon.

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It's on the aisles here at least in the commercial pharmacies. And you can buy it on Amazon.

It's in the aisle at my walmart.

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It's on the aisles here at least in the commercial pharmacies. And you can buy it on Amazon.

Better get that Amazon Prime delivery

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And you can buy it on Amazon.

Which is pretty inconvenient if you need to take emergency contraception.

Sadly, in some communities, it's just not available, because of the ******** that RM mentioned. ******* people who think their morals and religious values can dictate other people's legal rights to contraception.

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Which is pretty inconvenient if you need to take emergency contraception.

Sadly, in some communities, it's just not available, because of the ******** that RM mentioned. ******* people who think their morals and religious values can dictate other people's legal rights to contraception.

True!

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