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Immunology and Allergy Nursing: Assessment and Reaction Recognition

4 contact hours nursing continuing education course: Immunology and Allergy Nursing: Assessment and Reaction Recognition.

A nurse in teal scrubs with a stethoscope round her neck sits beside a seated adult woman in an examination room, supporting the woman's outstretched forearm with one gloved hand and pointing with a gloved fingertip at a patch of raised red welts on the inner forearm, with an examination couch and a small instrument trolley behind them
Contact hours
4
Format
Self-paced, online
Last reviewed
Sep 19, 2026

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Course Purpose

4 contact hours nursing continuing education course: Immunology and Allergy Nursing: Assessment and Reaction Recognition.

Continuing Education Credit Designation

This educational activity is credited for 4 contact hours at completion of the activity.

Overview

4 contact hours nursing continuing education course: Immunology and Allergy Nursing: Assessment and Reaction Recognition.

Objectives

Upon completion of this independent study, the learner will be able to:

  1. Describe the parts of the immune system and explain an allergic reaction as a response to a substance that is usually harmless.
  2. Distinguish food allergy from food intolerance and explain why the distinction changes nursing action.
  3. Take an allergy history that records the substance, the reaction, the body systems involved and what was needed to treat it.
  4. Name the food sources that cause the majority of allergic reactions and describe the difference between IgE-mediated and non-IgE-mediated food allergy.
  5. Recognise anaphylaxis across skin, respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and neurological systems.
  6. State what the retrieved source says about epinephrine route, concentration and dose, and about the consequences of delay.
  7. Teach and check auto-injector technique, including injection site and the instruction to call for emergency help.
  8. Explain biphasic reaction risk and why a patient who improves still needs observation and clear return instructions.
  9. Describe first-line treatment of allergic rhinitis and the sedation and rebound risks nurses warn patients about.
  10. Relate eczema, hay fever and asthma to each other and to food allergy risk.
  11. Identify patients with reduced immune defence and the infection patterns associated with different immune deficits.
  12. Apply protective teaching for a patient with a weakened immune system without overstating what the sources establish.

Policy Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the policies of FastCEForLess.com. This course should be used for informational purposes only and should not be used to diagnose, treat, prescribe, recommend, or initiate therapies or treatments in any setting. This course is copyrighted by Fast CE For Less, Inc. and may not be replicated, copied, or dispersed without written consent.

Disclosures

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Who this course is for:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, registered nurses, licensed practical or vocational nurses, and other healthcare providers in any setting who want continuing education on Immunology and Allergy Nursing: Assessment and Reaction Recognition.

Course outline

12 sections · finish in any order across devices

  1. 1

    Course overview and learning objectives

  2. 2

    Introduction

  3. 3

    Protection and Overreaction: The Immune System Behind Allergy

  4. 4

    The Allergy History: Turning a Word Into a Usable Record

  5. 5

    Food Allergy: The Short List, the Mechanisms and the Kitchen

  6. 6

    Medicines, Stings and Skin: Reactions Nurses Meet on the Ward

  7. 7

    Recognising Anaphylaxis Before It Announces Itself

  8. 8

    Epinephrine and the Auto-Injector: What the Sources Say and What Nurses Teach

  9. 9

    Living With Allergy: Rhinitis, Asthma and the Long Game

  10. 10

    When Defence Is Reduced: Immunodeficiency and the Nurse's Protective Role

  11. 11

    Nursing Considerations

  12. 12

    Conclusion

References

The full reference list is included inside the course, after the Conclusion.

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