I'm new to this board and will HOPEFULLY be entering the Nursing program in the fall at our local Community College. I say "hopefully" because I'm accepted, but just got my Hep B Titer and it came back negative. Anything less than 10 is negative and mine is 9.21! I got to Booster today so now I have to wait 6 weeks to know if I'll be in or not. If it comes back negative again, I do not have time to get the full series done again, as I have to have a + titer recorded before I can begin in the fall. I'm just beside myself right now. The doctor's office was supposed to do this titer back in May of '11 when they did my Varicella and MMR titers. I thought they did, they called and said everything was "fine" but never said anything more, and sent my record to the school. Until I got my Orientation Checklist and called the office to double check and make sure everything was on my Physical form did I find out it wasn't actually done. I figured I had nothing to worry about since I had the series done in 2009. What are the odds the Booster will up my levels enough to pop positive in 6 weeks?
Sorry for the babbling, I'm a little freaked out right now.
I just had to sign a waiver. I've never had a HepB immunization. My school requires either a record of the series (3 shots), a positive titer or a signed waiver. I signed the waiver because there's no possible way for me to get the series before school starts in just 8 weeks. I'm waiting for the woman I need to talk with to come back from vacation. I know that I'm going to class, lab and clinical regardless because the way the rules are. But I want to be as protected as I can be, you know?
Bojamashell
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I just had to sign a waiver. I've never had a HepB immunization. My school requires either a record of the series (3 shots), a positive titer or a signed waiver. I signed the waiver because there's no possible way for me to get the series before school starts in just 8 weeks. I'm waiting for the woman I need to talk with to come back from vacation. I know that I'm going to class, lab and clinical regardless because the way the rules are. But I want to be as protected as I can be, you know?