Nurses’ Roles for COVID-19 Disease Prevention Vaccination: Health Screening, Injection Technique, Post- Vaccination Continuing Care and Nursing Records

Abstract

From the past situation, evident showed Vaccination can help prevent infection and reduce the severity of disease. At the same time, the side effects and complications of vaccine are also very serious. Professional nurses play a direct role in promoting health safety measures against the against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine to Thai people. This article aimed to raise awareness of vaccination against COVID-19 for nurses in 3 roles as follows: 1) health screening, nurses identify clients into 3 groups; first, are those who are healthy and able to vaccinate at all; second, are those patients who must consult with a doctor before vaccination like those with a history of vaccine allergy, cardiovascular disease, psychiatric syndromes and epilepsy etc.; and third, are those patients who had to postpone vaccination due to fever, those who have received blood or components in the past 3 months, people who have had COVID-19 or after treatment in the past 3 months, who received cell therapy, and patients who relied on discharge from the hospital. 2) Vaccination techniques, after sterilization, the nurses the nurses pull the skin up, pierce the needle 90 degrees, about 1 inch deep, and immediately administer the drug without the blood draw. and 3)  the role of continuing care and nursing record after vaccination. The nurse must attach a recommendation document for the service recipient to go home as well. The author hopes that this knowledge will encourage nurses to take care of patients more safely.