The difference between active immunity and passive immunity is that active immunity is where antibodies are produced by the body but passive immunity is where the antibodies are preformed and had been transferred between individuals (Hammarström & Marcotte, 2015). Passive immunity can be transferred from mother to infant for example but it’s also limited and not as effective as active immunity. The key nursing considerations in implementing vaccines are the potential of adverse effects, allergies, frequency of taking the vaccine, contraindications, and cautions like if the patient has an acute illness (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019). All of these things are necessary for the healthcare provider to know about in case their patient displays consequences from taking the vaccine when they’re not supposed to. The difference between a patient receiving a vaccine versus an immune serum is that when taking a vaccine, it prompts the body to initiate its own immune defense against the illness but with immune serum, antibodies are already found in them and they are then transferred to the patient (Science History Institute Museum & Library, 2020). Thus, immune serum in this case would be a passive immunity.
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