3. Immune System/Immunology

Objectives

a. Define the word "antigen."
b. Define the word "antibody."
c. Identify types of immunity.
d. Differentiate between active immunity and passive immunity.
e. Compare immunity from immunization with immunity from wild-type infection.
f. List factors that affect the immune response to vaccines.
g. Describe community (herd) immunity.
h. Describe nursing roles related to the immune system/immunology: advocate, educator, and lifelong learner.

Resources

Learning modules

​CDC Vaccines and Immunizations 

• Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine–Preventable Diseases (Pink Book) webinar series–Principles of Vaccination​www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ed/webinar-epv/index.html

• You Call the Shots–Module 1: Understanding the Basics: General Recommendations on Immunization​www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ed/youcalltheshots.html 

​Nursing Initiative Promoting Immunization Training (NIP-IT) Module 1: Vaccine Preventable Diseases–Principles of Immunity

• ​nip-it.org/vaccine_preventable_diseases.asp

VIDEOS

Khan Academy–Types of Immune Responses

• www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/human-anatomy- and-physiology/introduction-to-immunology/v/types-of-immune-responses-innate-and-adaptive-humoral-vs-cell-mediated​

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PBS YouTube Channel–Immunity and Vaccines Explained

• www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXMc15dA-vw

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WGBH television–Immunity and Vaccines Explained [transcript]. NOVA. September 5, 2014. 

• ​ www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/immunity-and-vaccines.html

Books

• American Academy of Pediatrics. Active and Passive Immunization. In: Kimberlin DW, Brady MT, Jackson MA, Long SS, eds. Red Book: 2018 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 31st ed. Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2018:1-111.
• CDC. Principles of Vaccination. In: Hamborsky J, Kroger A, Wolfe S, eds. Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine- Preventable Diseases, 13 ed. Washington, DC: Public Health Foundation; 2015:1-8. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/prinvac.html
• Marshall G. Introduction to Vaccinology. In: Marshall G. The Vaccine Handbook: A Practical Guide for Clinicians, 5th ed. West Islip, NY: Professional Communications, Inc.; 2015:9-47.
• Marshall G. Vaccination in Special Circumstances. In: Marshall G. The Vaccine Handbook: A Practical Guide for Clinicians, 5th ed. West Islip, NY: Professional Communications, Inc.; 2015:145-181.
• Ricci SS. Newborn Transitioning. In: Ricci SS. Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women’s Health Nursing, 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2017:563-584
• Warner KD, Salemeh BM. Epidemiology in Community Health Care. In: Allender J, Rector C, Warner K, eds. Community and Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public’s Health, 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health/ Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013: 216-245.
• Youngdahl K, Hammond B, Sipics M, Hicks R, Cicchini D. The History of Vaccines. Philadelphia, PA: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia; 2013. Available at http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/educators.​