- Jana L Esden: Jana L. Esden is an associate professor at Frontier Nursing University in Versailles, Ky and a member of The Nurse Practitioner Editorial Advisory Board.
ABSTRACT: Although pneumococcal vaccination programs have significantly reduced the incidence of pneumococcal infections in the US, pneumococcal pneumonia continues to be a burdensome cause of morbidity and mortality. Pneumococcal vaccination recommendation updates were recently published and introduce two new pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for use in adults ages 19 and older.