Week 11 Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Discussion
1. Read the Rubric attached below, articles Anaphylaxis after vaccination reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, 1990-2016 Download Anaphylaxis after vaccination reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System that is attached below, 1990-2016 and the VAERS Table of_Reportable Events Following Vaccination.Download the VAERS Table of_Reportable Events Following Vaccination.
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2. Compare the 2019 VAERS data set to the 1990-2016 data set. How did the 1990-2016 data differ from the 2019 data? How were they similar (population data)?
3. Perform a chart review at your clinic to determine how many patients had a reaction to a vaccine and were reported to VAERS in 2019 .
4. Discuss your findings and relate the results to the patients that you care for. How can you use these findings to make data-driven decisions to improve surveillance, and decrease the incidence of post-vaccination anaphylaxis/adverse reactions in your clinic?
5. Discuss how you could use the various nursing statistic sampling types when recruiting a sample from a population. What type of sampling technique did you use when performing the clinic chart review?
6.. Add a question to the bottom of your post to stimulate further discussion amongst your peers.
