A woman who delivered her third child yesterday has just learned that her two school-age children have contracted chickenpox. What should the nurse tell her?
a. The woman's two children should be treated with acyclovir before she goes home
from the hospital.
b. The baby will acquire immunity from the woman and will not be susceptible to
chickenpox.
c. The children can visit their mother and sibling in the hospital as planned but must
wear gowns and masks.
d. The woman must make arrangements to stay somewhere other than her home until
the children are no longer contagious.
D
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A Acyclovir is used to treat varicella pneumonia.
B The baby is already born and has received the immunities. If the mother never
had chickenpox, she cannot transmit the immunities to the baby.
C Varicella infection occurring in a newborn may be life threatening.
D Varicella (chickenpox) is highly contagious. Although the baby inherits
immunity from the mother, it would not be safe to expose either the mother or
the baby.
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