MrsF26

Well, my greatest concern for myself would be that I would have a bad adverse reaction to a vaccine as there been several individuals in my family who have had bad reactions when receiving vaccines, fever, headache, diarrhea, vomiting. I would worry that I could have a bad reaction and not be able to recover afterwards. I just think that the use of preservatives such as Formaldehyde and Thimerosal could be questionable.

I do not think that vaccines cause Autism, but that being said I think that mixed with many different external environmental as well as genetic factors they may do more harm than good. I think it the case of Autism it is more predominately the genetic factor that could determine whether or not a child could be diagnosed as being somewhere on the spectrum. I can see this in my own family as I have both a sibling and a cousin who have ASD diagnosis, I can definitely see other "Autistic" characteristics in many family members. So, in short I think that genes have a big role in determining a persons risk factor. I could be wrong but I think the science may be pointing to this conclusion as well. I briefly remember hearing that they had discovered an "autistic gene" a couple of years ago, I can't be 100% sure though.

Thanks for your answers everybody, I will have to carefully weigh-out my options. I will probably just have them all updated but I will wait until I am finished having kids as I prefer not to be pregnant or breast feeding while having my vaccines updated. I have two kids already and plan on having two more right away, god-willing of course.

Wow, so will you try to get the waiver for the H1N1 and polio vaccines? I feel that I am at a real personal crossroads right now because I really do not want to get vaccinated but I am so interested in becoming a nurse, I would love to be able to work in labour and delivery. I am just worried about the long term effects of being vaccinated.

No, you are not required to be immunized here in Canada in order to attend public school.

Also, what exactly is an immune titer?

A thought just crossed my mind, do most vaccines have an oral version as opposed to one that has to be injected?

What are the vaccines that would be completely necessary to get? I cannot seem to find any list of which specific vaccines are needed, does anybody know?

Thanks

Hi everybody, I am new to this forum but I am highly interested in the field of nursing. I have a very gentle personality and really love helping people, I feel that I could be a really good nurse. My question is this, how mandatory is it to have all immunizations up to date? I do not have all of vaccines up to date and prefer not to take them due to personal reasons/concerns. How possible would it be for me to enter into and possibly advance in the field of nursing without having up-to-date immunizations? Any thoughts are appreciated! As additional info, I am located in the province of Alberta.