Podcast: Flu Vaccination Again This Year?: What To Say When Patients Ask

Podcast

How will you address this question when your patients ask? Find out in this podcast.

"Do I really need a flu shot this year? I’m healthy….I don’t have heart disease or asthma, and I just hate needles!”

How will you address this question when your patients ask? Here, with some succinct and useful advice, is pediatric nurse practitioner, Patsy Stinchfield, RN, MS, CPNP, who is Director of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.
 

Flu Vaccination Again This Year?: What To Say When Patients Ask

 

Newsletter

Access practical, evidence-based guidance to support better care for our youngest patients. Join our email list for the latest clinical updates.

Subscribe Now!
Recent Videos
Potential downstream benefits of RSV preventive measures, with Octavio Ramilo, MD
Octavio Ramilo, MD, reacts to the FDA approval of clesrovimab for RSV prevention | Image Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Tina Tan, MD, comments on FDA expanded approval for MenQuadfi meningococcal disease vaccine
Tina Tan, MD, discusses impact of FDA's stricter COVID-19 vaccine policy for children
Tina Tan, MD
Karen Y. Capusan, DNP, CPNP-PC
Mary Koslap-Petraco, DNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP, FAANP
Mary Koslap-Petraco, DNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP, FAANP
Tina Tan, MD
Robert Frenck, MD
Related Content
ACIP updates: Committee votes 5-2 to recommend clesrovimab to protect against RSV | Image Credit: © JJHVEPhoto - © JHVEPhoto - stock.adobe.com.

ACIP updates: Committee recommends clesrovimab for RSV, reaffirms routine influenza vaccination

Joshua Fitch, Senior Editor
June 26th 2025
Article

The final recommendation sign off decision will go to HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

What's going on with polio, monkeypox, and COVID-19

What's going on with polio, monkeypox, and COVID-19

Miranda Hester
August 19th 2022
Podcast

The news is full of stories about monkeypox, the recent changes to COVID-19 guidance, and the return of polio cases. What do clinicians need to know?

Weekly review: Clesrovimab for RSV approved, new dupilumab data, and more

Weekly review: Clesrovimab for RSV approved, new dupilumab data, and more

Joshua Fitch, Senior Editor
June 13th 2025
Article

Get caught up with Contemporary Pediatrics! This list helps you navigate our top stories from the week, all in one place.

Addressing parental concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine

Addressing parental concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine

Miranda Hester
May 14th 2021
Podcast

Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with Dr. Donna Hallas to discuss how to communicate with parents as well as how to address vaccines missed because of the pandemic.

Six-month IXCHIQ chikungunya vaccine data demonstrates sustained antibody levels | Image Credit: © Monir - © Monir - stock.adobe.com.

Six-month IXCHIQ chikungunya vaccine data demonstrates sustained antibody levels

Joshua Fitch, Senior Editor
June 5th 2025
Article

Six-month results from the phase 2 VLA1553-221 trial aligned with initial data and demonstrated immune response at day 180 among patients aged 1 to 11 years.

County-level data set reveals widespread decline in MMW vaccination rates in the United States | Image Credit: © Leigh Prather - © Leigh Prather - stock.adobe.com.

County-level data set reveals widespread decline in MMR vaccination rates in the United States

Joshua Fitch, Senior Editor
June 4th 2025
Article

The data found complements state- and national-level CDC data, confirming widespread declines in MMR vaccination rates.

© 2025 MJH Life Sciences

All rights reserved.