Reducing the Number of Preventable Childhood Illnesses Is a Major

Reducing the number of preventable childhood illnesses is a major national goal in Healthy People 2020. What will the school nurse teach families regarding immunizations in order to reach this goal?

A) A minor illness with a low-grade fever is a contraindication to receiving an immunization according to Healthy People 2020.
B) Vaccines should be given one at a time for optimum active immunity in the prevention of illness and disease.
C) Premature infants and low-birth-weight infants should receive half doses of vaccines for protection from communicable diseases.
D) It is important to maintain vaccination coverage for recommended vaccines in early childhood and to maintain them through kindergarten.