فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

INTRODUCTION: Immunization against vaccine‑preventable diseases in adults is the need of thehour. The student nurses by virtue of training are the frontline health workers dealing with patientcare. They are exposed to maximum risk of contracting the diseases. Vaccine awareness is nota part of their induction training program. It is necessary to plan preventive measure related tovaccination in their interest.AIM: This study aims to assess awareness and practices of nursing students related to adultimmunization.MATERIALS AND METHODS: It is a cross‑sectional study, conducted on nursing students ofSchool of Nursing in Mumbai, over a period of 4 months. Universal sampling technique was used.Sample size was 271. A semi‑structured interview schedule was used for data collection. Data wereanalyzed in Microsoft Excel.RESULTS: The awareness about the vaccines was as follows: hepatitis B (98.1%), hepatitis A (72.3%),rabies (90.4%), H1N1 (74.9%), dT (52%), meningococcal (33.6%), human papillomavirus (49.8%),vaccines during pregnancy  (88.2%), varicella  (76.4%), typhoid  (54.6%), cholera  (52.8%),rubella (79.7%), travel vaccines (63.5%), Japanese encephalitis (69%), haemophilus influenzaeb (40.9%), and pneumococcal (43.5%). About 87.8% of students have received TT at 10 years ofage and 83% have received TT at 16 years of age. Hepatitis B vaccine was taken by 64.5%, outof which only 35% students received complete three doses. Majority of them could not answer thecorrect doses, availability, and cost of these vaccines.CONCLUSIONS: The awareness and practices about adult immunization are found to be inadequate.Nurses should be appraised about theory and practical aspect of immunization as an immediatesolution. Furthermore, considering the importance of this topic, the induction training programof nursing students should include awareness on adult immunization and emphasize their ownvaccination. The annual health checkup of students should ensure the compliance of vaccines suchas hepatitis B.