Select five individuals age >64 years of age from your clinical rotation. Review their EMR and/or query the person to update the EMR for CDC Recommended Immunizations
Using the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Adult Immunization Recommendations, review five patient records for Immunizations.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/adult.html
Select five individuals age >64 years of age from your clinical rotation. Review their EMR and/or query the person to update the EMR for CDC Recommended Immunizations appropriate for the age of the individual. For each missing immunization, please provide a rationale for why the immunization was not performed and whether that was appropriate. Indicate if the individual should be encouraged to now get the immunization. You may use a grid format. Please maintain HIPAA compliant documentation in your grid or paper and upload it as a Word document.
Assignment Requirements:
Before finalizing your work, you should:
- read the assignment description carefully (as displayed above);
- consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
- utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.
Your writing assignment should:
- follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
- be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
- display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and
- use APA current edition format.
