Effective Vaccine Care: An Improvement Project to Increase Vaccination Rates in an Outpatient Rheumatology Practice (0.17h)

This educational offering provides 0.17 CEU and was presented in the Clinical track. The course includes a static poster from the presentation originally shared at the 16th National Doctors of Nursing Practice Conference (Virtual), August 2023.

Cicily M. Jeannette, DNP, APN-C
Board-certified family nurse practitioner with experience in the women’s health and primary care settings, and has been employed as an NP in rheumatology since 2019. She is also certified in inpatient obstetrics and works as an adjunct clinical instructor for Rutgers University, teaching maternity, pediatrics, and community health.

Objectives

1. Be able to describe the burden of suboptimal vaccination rates on the individual and community levels.
2. Recognize effective strategies for increasing vaccine care.
3. Be able to verbalize how health literacy impacts vaccine acceptance.