HPV Prevention: Nurses Get It Done

HPV vaccination is cancer prevention, and yet only 65% of teens in the United States have received the first dose of the HPV vaccine and less than half (48.6%) of teens in the U.S. are up to date on their HPV vaccinations.[i] Nurses at all practice levels have done an incredible amount of work to protect patients from vaccine-preventable diseases, but there is more to do to increase HPV vaccination rates. We know we can do better to prevent HPV cancers. It’s up to nurses at every practice level to get it done!

Nurses Have the Ability to Prevent HPV Cancer

With needle phobia on the rise and tough questions from some parents, we need all hands on deck to help preteens initiate and complete the HPV vaccination series! This is where nurses at all practice levels come in.

Nurses are critical members of the immunization team and have a powerful role to play in getting HPV vaccination done. The National HPV Vaccination Roundtable created the HPV Prevention: Nurses Get It Done! toolkit as an educational resource to empower nurses at all practice levels to confidently initiate and complete the HPV vaccination series.

[i] Walker TY, Elam-Evans LD, Yankey D, et al. National, Regional, State, and Selected Local Area Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13–17 Years — United States, 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:718–723. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6833a2.