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Aging Immune Systems Makes Older Adults More Vulnerable to Attack    
by Connie C. Chettle, RN, MS, MPH, CIC, COHN-S
CE494 l 1.00 hr

Aging Immune Systems Makes Older Adults More Vulnerable to Attack - CE494
Objectives:

The goal of this program is to help nurses understand how age-related changes in the immune system increase the risk for and severity of common infections in elderly patients.

After reading this module, you will be able to —

  • List three reasons elderly patients are more likely to develop an infection than younger patients.
  • Describe what happens to the immune system as we age.
  • Explain why it is so important that health care workers be vaccinated for influenza to protect their elderly patients.

Course expires on 3/24/2012
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