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Hello!! I just have a quick question. I'm keen on preparing for a career switch to nursing, but before I do so, my big concern at the moment is vaccination. I am anti-vaccine (I don't vaccinate my daughter) & I myself refuse to be vaccinated for Hepatitis B just so I can do clinicals for school or become employed as a C.N.A. or R.N. I'm not here to listen to a bunch of hypocrites tell me I'm a whack job for not supporting vaccines. I'm asking this forum for a little help: WILL I HAVE A PROBLEM A) GETTING INTO NURSING SCHOOL W/ A PHILOSOPHICAL EXEMPTION FOR VACCINES? (I believe OSHA has a Hepatitis B vaccine waiver also), & B) WILL NOT BEING VACCINATED HINDER MY EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS? One community college I'm interested in is telling me that the clinical sites won't accept me if I'm not vaccinated - which makes the education useless, obviously. All the same for R.N. school. I did ask the nursing department secretary here (Contra Costa College) for the name of the clinical sites & she dodged the subject easily - perhaps she didn't hear me, who knows - I will give her a get away free card, although I'm dubious. I was fully vaccinated as a child (born in 1978, so standard schedule as of that 'era). Are there any other vaccines I'd need to 'worry' about for work, besides hepatitis B? I did have chicken pox as a child, so I won't be harassed for the varicella shot. I do know I was vaxed for MMR, DTP, IPV, & HiB. Thank you for your HELP!

I guess I think it could scare me b/c I've never seen a deceased individual, nor do I have any experience w/ death & dying. I suppose it's the fact that I'm ignorant of the matter b/c I've never been involved w/ it. Not that I think I'll be haunted by the people I'll be doing PMC to, but it's just a bit freaky to a rookie. Make sense? I don't have a problem w/ body fluids or waste, though.

Hello all, So, as an introduction & my FIRST FORUM :)) here on allnurses.com, I'm an aspiring nurse; it's a career change for me at 30 years of age. I'm thinking it's prudent to begin working as a CNA before I get into nursing school. Here is my MAJOR concern: I can't do post mortem care. Before you tell me that likely somebody will be doing that to me someday & we all deserve it, I'd like to say that I don't doubt you & although it's a dirty job in some opinions, somebody's gotta do it. Care of deceased individuals would scare the living daylights outta me, depress me, and god only knows what else. What I'm asking is - is it possible to have work as a CNA & never do post mortem care? I'm assuming that if this is a possibility, then likely I'll be working in a hospital, not a nursing home? I regret that I'm not one of those people that can look beyond death to just do the job. Sadly, that's not something I can get beyond, regardless if the job required it, that's why I'm asking you all. Please advise. Thank you!!