I just got accepted to the nursing program at my school. I've been there for about year doing the pre-req's and got accepted for Summer entry!
Part of the requirements clinical is to get all my vaccinations up to date and a TB test.
I'm not a believer in vaccinations. I filled out the paper work to attend college in the first place without getting vaccinated. At the time they called it a religious exception, so while that wasn't the reason I went with it because they didn't ask any more questions.
I'm just not interested in being injected with all the extra crap in the vaccine. The preservatives, the mercury and all the other junk. The high levels of failure of the vaccine as well as the toxins in the vaccines.
This is not a discussion about vaccines and anti-vaxers... this is about my clinical application to nursing school. I understand the hospitals want it because of our exposure to patients but I simply don't want that crap in my body.
Is there a way to get out of the vaccinations for my clinical?
Again no debate on why... I just want to know about possibilities to still enter my clinical without the vaccines.
Specializes in Gyn Onc, ICU, School Nursing, Health Education.
The only way to not get vaccinated is to run titers and prove you already have the antibodies. I chose to spend the extra money and do this for varicella, mumps, measles, and rubella, even though it would have been cheaper to just get re-vaccinated. But, you still have to get anything you haven’t had, and have some re-boostered. I had to have a hep b series and TDaP. Also, you will be required to have your annual influenza vaccine. Clinical sites are generally very strict regarding these requirements.
Many nursing schools will accept students who are not up to date on their vaccinations, however clinical sites will not. You will be putting yourself in a position where you will be unable to complete your clinical requirements for graduation/licensure. If you are unwilling to get vaccinated, you should probably consider another career path.
I doubt there's any way to get around this. I recall even when I applied to volunteer at the local children's hospital, I had to have proof of vaccinations or titer results. As somebody previously mentioned, you also had to get the flu shot every year and if you didn't, you had to sit out flu season. For nurses, they got to mask up but since we were volunteers, you just couldn't come in.
Wait, so your totally ok with possibly contracting a potentially deadly disease, then going around patients who are already immunocompromised??
You certainly have the right to do what you want with your body. It becomes a problem when it has an effect on others. Many people are too sick to even get vaccinated, they must rely on herd immunity, so its kind of frustrating to hear about a perfectly healthy individual refusing to get immunized. If everyone decided to feel like you did we would be in a lot of trouble.
The vaccines are not only to protect you but also to protect others so that you don't become a living reservoir of disease, unknowingly infecting people with compromised immune systems. The "extra crap" in vaccines are preservatives, so if you've ever eaten a potato chip, you can stop worrying about that detail.
In short, the school will probably tell you it's their way or the highway, especially if its a competitive program. There's probably someone waiting in line behind you for your spot who has no issue fulfilling the requirements.
WishfulThinkingRN
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Yes. As a patient. When you're diagnosed with measles.