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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Christ Nurs. 2012 Oct-Dec;29(4):232-7.
Faith community nurses: protecting our elders through immunizations.
Pappas-Rogich M.
Source
School of Nursing, Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio, USA.
Abstract
An estimated 226,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths from influenza-related causes occur in the United States annually; adults ages 65 and older comprise 90% of flu deaths and 65% of hospitalizations. Older adult immunization rates are far from the Healthy People 2020 goal of 90% coverage. This article explores immunization in the elderly and how faith community/parish nurses can improve immunization rates.
PMID:
23082618
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23082618
Faith community nurses: protecting our elders through immunizations.
Pappas-Rogich M.
Source
School of Nursing, Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio, USA.
Abstract
An estimated 226,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths from influenza-related causes occur in the United States annually; adults ages 65 and older comprise 90% of flu deaths and 65% of hospitalizations. Older adult immunization rates are far from the Healthy People 2020 goal of 90% coverage. This article explores immunization in the elderly and how faith community/parish nurses can improve immunization rates.
PMID:
23082618
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23082618