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Protecting Patients with Vaccines
In this module, nurses, medical assistants, and other healthcare team members will learn how they can help protect patients from vaccine-preventable diseases. The module highlights the important role clinical staff play in creating a positive vaccination experience, supporting patient confidence, and helping immunization visits run smoothly. Learners will review practical strategies for communicating with patients, addressing common concerns, and reinforcing strong vaccine recommendations as part of everyday patient care.
Authored by Sharon Humiston, MD, MPH, FAAP, in collaboration with IKC.
Accreditation
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by PRIME Education (PRIME®) and Immunize Kansas Coalition. PRIME® is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nurse Credit Designation Statement
PRIME® designates this activity for 1.0 contact hour.
Disclosures
There is no commercial or in-kind support for this activity.
*PRIME® has identified, reviewed, and mitigated all relevant financial relationships that speakers, authors, course directors, planners, peer reviewers, or relevant staff disclose prior to the delivery of any educational activity.
The following individuals have identified relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose:
- Sharon Humiston, MD, MPH (Course Director, Contributing Author)
Speakers Bureau or other Promotional Education – Merck Vaccine Division, Sanofi Pasteur - The relationships reported above are related to the following therapeutic area: Vaccines
- Kristi Kay Orbaugh, RN, MSN, RNP, AOCN (Planner)
Speakers Bureau or other Promotional Education – AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, DSI, Exilixis, Gilead Sciences, Pfizer, Stemline - The relationships reported above are related to the following therapeutic area: Oncology
The following individuals have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose:
- Annette Sophin, MSMM, PA-C (Reviewer)
- Abimbola Farinde, PhD, PharmD (Planner)
- All PRIME® staff participating in planning and content development have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.