The nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client recovering from pneumonia. Which client statement indicates that additional teaching is needed?
A) "I can't get the influenza vaccine due to my allergy to eggs."
B) "I will get the influenza vaccine every year."
C) "I will get the pneumococcal vaccine every fall."
D) "I will get the pneumococcal vaccine as soon as I recover from this pneumonia."
Answer: C
Influenza vaccine is administered annually to healthy individuals and should not be given to those with an allergy to eggs. The pneumococcal vaccine is administered once. Revaccination is only recommended in persons with renal failure, those who have had splenectomies, those with malignancies, and those with HIV/AIDS.
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