You must realize that many patients live or die because of the nurse that takes care of them. It sounds dramatic but it is ever so true. In the future, I see this affecting the State , as with fewer people coming into the healthcare field , particularly those of us who are doing this job Part Time, is that you are Stealing from the poor and Giving to to the CORPORATIONS. You are taking Services from the home bound, the infirmed , elderly and children, who need these vital services..Rachel Herlihy, director of the Immunization Section at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. "Immunization is the best method of protection against both the flu and whopping cough."It is recommended all adults and children receive the whooping cough booster vaccine, Tdap.According to Herlihy, it's especially important for those who have contact with young children to talk to their doctors about their whooping cough immunization status, because young children are more vulnerable to the disease.In young children, particularly infants, whooping cough can lead to difficulty breathing, hospitalization and even death.Child care workers, health care workers, parents, grandparents and siblings of young children all must make sure they are up to date on their whooping cough vaccinations.Immunity to pertussis wanes over time, so booster doses of the vaccine are necessary, even for people who have had the disease in the past.Whooping cough cases are distributed throughout 31 Colorado counties, with most cases reported in Jefferson (242), Denver (207), Adams (195), Arapahoe (160) and Boulder (158). |