Nurses can help improve vaccination rates: study
(Reuters) – More elderly and at-risk adults get their flu and pneumonia vaccinations when the shots are coordinated and given by nurses instead of doctors, according to a North American study. Researchers, whose results appeared in the Annals of Family Medicine, said that the change was linked to a 44 percent increase in patients’ chances of getting a flu shot and a more than doubling of their likelihood of getting vaccinated against pneumonia. The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends all adults and children get the flu shot every year. . . .
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