Not immune to mmr

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I'm freaking out because the tests said I wasn't in range and admissions nurse said I'd have to get vaccinated again. I'm really worried I will be denied because the deadline is by the end of July, also, I'm in another country for another week, i will get back on the 26, but I can get vaccinated today here, but what about the bloodwork, wouldn't that take long? I hope everything will be alright I'm so worried :(

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My school doesn't require titers they only require an MD to sign off that you had the immunization. If this is the case then the shot record should be enough. Some schools may let you in with this even if they require titers as long as the bloodwork returns back before clinicals start. It shouldn't take too long to get the labs back but I would call the school in the meantime to make sure everything will be okay and if there is anything that you may need to do.

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Specializes in NICU, Post-partum.
I'm freaking out because the tests said I wasn't in range and admissions nurse said I'd have to get vaccinated again. I'm really worried I will be denied because the deadline is by the end of July, also, I'm in another country for another week, i will get back on the 26, but I can get vaccinated today here, but what about the bloodwork, wouldn't that take long? I hope everything will be alright I'm so worried :(

Stop worrying.

Let me give you some advice.

If you got the MMR as a child and I am assuming you are over 18 years old, to NOT be immune is an EXPECTED RESPONSE.

This is one of the vaccinations where you need a booster.

IF YOU NEED another MMR vaccine (and they may or may not require a titer), they CANNOT deny you admission if you are not immune.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I'm freaking out because the tests said I wasn't in range and admissions nurse said I'd have to get vaccinated again. I'm really worried I will be denied because the deadline is by the end of July, also, I'm in another country for another week, i will get back on the 26, but I can get vaccinated today here, but what about the bloodwork, wouldn't that take long? I hope everything will be alright I'm so worried :(

If your titer came back not high enough then just go get the shot and get proof that you had the shot. You shouldn't have to have the titer again if you provide proof you got vaccinated after the first titer.

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An official record of the booster immunization should be sufficient.

My Hep B titer (after being well within range for over 10 years) came back equivocal so I needed a booster shot. The official immunization record was sufficient for admission. I did need a titer later on as it was required by one of the clinical sites to show that we had developed antibodies (it was positive), plus my PCP wanted to run a titer after the booster anyway. (If it was equivocal again, she wanted to discuss whether it was worthwhile to re do the 3 shot series or determine that additional boosters were futile.)

Unless you live/d in an area that the health department required MMR boosters in HS/college you likely had your last MMR booster when you entered kindergarten. (An MMR booster or titer was required when I first entered college due to an outbreak in college dorms in the area.)

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My school does it like this. If your titer comes back negative, i.e. not immune, they make you re-vaccinate (I'm not sure how long between doses mmr is) and then after a certain protocol of time they make you retiter (after you have been revaccinated). Does that make sense? My school has to have serological proof of immunity regardless of what my medical record says, luckily I did all my titers last year for a different school I got into but then had to withdraw because my husband got orders 5000 miles away.

I am doing my heb b series now, unfortunately I was never vaccinated as a child. I guess schools have been down this road before so to speak. Good luck. It should work out fine for you, as long as you start to re-vaccinate, and make a copy of the proof of that re-vaccination.

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Specializes in NICU, Post-partum.
My school does it like this. If your titer comes back negative, i.e. not immune, they make you re-vaccinate (I'm not sure how long between doses mmr is) and then after a certain protocol of time they make you retiter (after you have been revaccinated). Does that make sense? My school has to have serological proof of immunity regardless of what my medical record says, luckily I did all my titers last year for a different school I got into but then had to withdraw because my husband got orders 5000 miles away.

I am doing my heb b series now, unfortunately I was never vaccinated as a child. I guess schools have been down this road before so to speak. Good luck. It should work out fine for you, as long as you start to re-vaccinate, and make a copy of the proof of that re-vaccination.

I don't think you are understanding what people are saying.

IF your titers are negative, you SHOULD revaccinate.

However, if you do not show immunity after a vaccination, they CANNOT DENY you a spot in the nursing program.

..as hospitals, CANNOT deny you a job because of it.

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I'm kinda in the same situation! I had a low immunity to measles so I got an mmr vaccine a week ago but have to get another titer to show immunity and has to be turned in by Friday which will only be a week after receiving the vaccine!! Will it show immunity that soon? Will I be allowed to start nursing school if I'm not immune yet??? I'm stressing out

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At my school all of us have up to date shot records, but some of the hospitals now want titers on all of us currently in the program. I'm 45 years old and went through the expense and hurdles of getting my shot record up to date this year. I'm not happy that I now have to get titers on all those vaccines that I just recently paid for. So I don't know if the powers that be are finding that people are losing their immunities before they need a booster or for another reason. I will be working on getting my titers during the break in August. We have to have them by October or we are denied access to the hospitals and will be kicked out of the program.

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I see! So does that mean I should be able to start school just have to show immunity before I start clinicals? I only have a week to turn in paper work and I really don't think ill show immune with another titer but I do have proof of recent MMR vaccine!!! Ugh I'm so scared I won't get into the August class;,,(

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I had the same thing, MMR titer showed I wasn't immune to one of the M's but was immune to the other 2. So I went to the county health department and had to get the vaccine, 2 injections about a month apart (if I recall correctly). I just submitted to the school my new vaccine records and it was no problem.

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IF your titers are negative, you SHOULD revaccinate.

However, if you do not show immunity after a vaccination, they CANNOT DENY you a spot in the nursing program.

..as hospitals, CANNOT deny you a job because of it.

Exactly! I have had several MMR boosters and cannot seem to build immunity to mumps. It was discovered when I got titres drawn by occ health when I got hired at the hospital I work t now...I just try to avoid patients that may have it.

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