You Are a Nurse Working in a Pediatric Clinic

You are a nurse working in a pediatric clinic. Your goal is to have accurate, up-to-date immunization records on all the children who come to the clinic. Which of the following record-keeping efforts would best help you meet your goal?

A) Have the caregivers document all the immunizations and dates of immunizations for each child.
B) Have caregivers list all those who gave immunizations to their children and sign consent forms for release of information; then combine the records into one.
C) Assume that immunizations are not up-to-date and begin the process at the beginning.
D) Have the caregiver document all past immunizations with a note that this is caregiver recall and then chart new immunizations.