BostonFNP APRN

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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The mother is HBsAg negative, but the infant is exposed to HBV postnatally from another family member or caregiver. This occurs in two-thirds of the cases of childhood transmission. From the
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for continuing to provide evidence to the
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    Passed boards now what?

    BostonFNP replied to 1TraumaNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You probably need to get your APN license
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    The Struggle for Preceptors

    BostonFNP replied to smileyfacefee's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Ask your program for help please don't rely on third party pay to play
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Again this is part of a fundamental element of conspiracist ideation, the ability to hold simultaneous belief in two mutually exclusive
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Again this is real-time evidence of the OP's
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Again, as other have said, basic epidemiology. Influenza has a rather low R0 ranging from 1 to 9 based on the potency of the year's strain. With a conservative vaccine effectiveness of 60% and using...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Douglas, K. M., & Sutton, R. M. (2011). Does it take one to know one? Endorsement of conspiracy theories is influenced by personal willingness to conspire. British Journal of Social Psychology,...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Have we seen any conspiracists that are on the pro-vaccine side
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This is the construct related to science and conspiracy theory that we know from the extant data: 1. Conspiracist ideation predicts the rejection of nearly all scientific principles (to varying...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I hope I have't been disrespectful to anyone. I have, on a number of occasions, asked people to share "what they read" as sources to support their side of the argument and I have yet to see a single...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This is a basic principle in epidemiology and calculated using a basic reproduction number for each illness to calculate a threshold. Mumps has an R0 of about 5 which makes the vaccine threshold about...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    You don't think there is "damn good reasons"/evidence to vaccinate children? This has been born out in the literature. I posted a link a few pages ago that shows parents that don't vaccinate are far...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I am simply stating facts. It is impossible to get influenza from the inactivated influenza vaccine. How were your family members diagnosed with influenza after receiving the shots? It is difficult...
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    Non opioid pain options

    BostonFNP replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    I order IV APAP and have generally good luck with it for moderate pain; the hospital hates it because it costs $30/bag but it is effective. I use 60mg ketorolac IM in clinic all the time as a...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The age of confirmation
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    What have you read that contradicts vaccine safety and efficacy? Please list the sources here so we can all
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    And here again we have proof for the OP on the original topic of the
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    It is impossible to get the flu from the inactivated flu vaccine. If you choose not to have life-saving measures the result is you die. If you choose to not have the flu shot the result is you have...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    What makes you think that vaccines are not overwhelmingly safe or effective? Please share your
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    School with kids?

    BostonFNP replied to darbyspinx's topic in Advanced Practice

    It is a significant investment and
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Why is that do you think? Maybe it's because 1/4 babies that get infected with HBV die
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    "Using the most recent national data (2005) from all U.S. states with information on sex education laws or policies (N = 48), we show that increasing emphasis on abstinence education is...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Here is another interesting study that found most nonmedical exemptions were due to concern about vaccines causing harm and the parents of these children reported relative doubt about vaccine safety...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Explain to us the concept of herd immunity as you know it. Teaching of abstinence and getting a vaccine are not mutually exclusive. Plus, have you read the research on abstinence effectiveness?...