Author Question: A mother and father are reading a pamphlet about the Hepatitis B series of vaccines for their ... (Read 29 times)

jeatrice · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A mother and father are reading a pamphlet about the Hepatitis B series of vaccines for their newborn daughter. The father asks the nurse how many shots their baby will need to receive.

The nurse knows that her teaching has been effective when the parents respond with: 1. A shot will be given today, then at her two month checkup, and again at her six month checkup..
2. The shot cannot be given until she is at least 6 months old because she will need to build some immunity to the virus first..
3. The injection is given in just one does, and then a booster is administered before she goes to school..
4. She does not need the immunization because her mother was Hepatitis B negative..

Question 2

The nurse knows that then hospitalized adolescents underrate their pain and hide it, the adolescent is most likely denying pain to:

a. show strength or get out of the hospital earlier
b. get the nursing staff in trouble with the doctor
c. keep from getting cut off from phoning friends
d. avoid having to take pain medication of any type

blazinlyss · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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1. This is the correct time frame for the vaccine administration for a newborn.
2. The vaccine can be given at birth, and the parents do not need to wait.
3. The vaccine requires a series of three injections.
4. Her mother's status does not influence the need for the vaccine.

Answer to Question 2

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A Correct: The nurse knows that then hospitalized adolescents underrate their pain and hide it, the adolescent is most likely denying pain to show strength or get out of the hospital earlier.
B Incorrect: The nurse knows that then hospitalized adolescents underrate their pain and hide it, the adolescent is most likely denying pain to get the nursing staff in trouble with the doctor.
C Incorrect: The nurse knows that then hospitalized adolescents underrate their pain and hide it, the adolescent is most likely denying pain to keep from getting cut off from phoning friends.
D Incorrect: The nurse knows that then hospitalized adolescents underrate their pain and hide it, the adolescent is not most likely denying pain to avoid having to take pain medication of any type. Although some worry about the potential for addiction, most hide pain to show how adult they are (strong) or to shorten the hospital stay.