Puncture wound from a nail

Stepped on a rusty nail today. Almost hit bone. Put my full weight on it, too. Blood was flowing for a bit before it finally stopped. Ended up in the ER, where they were pumping fluids into me while I was still wide awake—it hurt like hell. I told them they really should have numbed me up first since we still had to clean the wound... doing that raw is brutal. Got the tetanus shot, and apparently, I need another one in a month. I asked the nurse if today’s shot actually covers the potential infection from this specific injury—like, if there was tetanus on that nail, what kind of percentage of protection am I actually getting right now? Thanks.

I remember standing on a massive pier back when I was just a kid—it felt huge, but honestly, I didn't even feel it hit the bone.
We just wiped it down with some rubbing alcohol and called it a day. As for tetanus, I’d already been vaccinated. My doctor mentioned those shots usually last about ten years, so you're supposed to get a booster every decade or so. You probably got a higher dose this time, and since you’ve got another appointment coming up in a few months anyway, it’s likely they’re just trying to kickstart your immune system so it kicks in faster against the tetanus...
Everyone knows vaccines don't work instantly—it's the same deal with the flu shot. Your body needs time to actually process the stuff and start cranking out antibodies. How fast it works for *you* specifically? I doubt any doctor could give you a straight answer on that. That kind of data belongs to the pharmaceutical companies who run the massive clinical trials to see how effective it is across large populations.

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