Required Admission Vaccines while breastfeeding?

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I have had most of the required vaccines needed for admission but I don't believe that HEP A & B were administered when I was a child. According to the CDC website these vaccines shouldn't be given to a nursing mother. Would a school allow an (temporary) exemption of these vaccines for a legitimate reason like this (of course I would get the vaccine when I'm finished bf'ing) or is it a hard no..?

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Have you been accepted into a nursing school?

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I have not, the program I am applying to requires the vaccines be completed prior to admission.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Required is required. You may have to wait to complete your application.

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I'd ask the school. We had a student in my cohort who couldn't get certain vaccines because she had a history of a severe reaction (Guillain-Barre Syndrome), and it didn't preclude her from completing the program. They may be willing to make a temporary exception for medical reasons, especially if you don't start clinicals first semester.

You might also try to figure out if there's a certain amount of time you could 'pump and dump' after you get the vaccines, though that would require pumping and storing extra milk ahead of time.

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Specializes in Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice.

It will be okay. Tell them you need a medical exemption and then get a doctor's note.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.

There isn't a contraindication to getting either one although hep a could be questioned.

Hepatitis A Vaccine - Safe In Breastfeeding

Hepatitis B Vaccine - Safe In Breastfeeding

Vaccinations | Breastfeeding | CDC

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