You have just taken a job in a pediatric clinic. You will be teaching caregivers about immunization schedules and either giving or scheduling immunizations. Your best initial preparation for this job would be to:
a. review your pediatric text that you used in nursing school in order to memorize immunization schedules
b. obtain a current printed copy of the recommended childhood immunization schedule as approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics and others
c. study the policy and procedure manuals of the pediatric clinic there you work to ascertain the immunization schedules of the clinic
d. contact the local school district to ascertain which immunizations are required
B
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A Incorrect. As a new nurse in a pediatric clinic, your best initial preparation for this job would not be to review your pediatric text that you used in nursing school in order to memorize immunization schedules.
B Correct. As a new nurse in a pediatric clinic, your best initial preparation for this job would not be to obtain a current printed copy of the recommended childhood immunization schedule as approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics and others.
C Incorrect. As a new nurse in a pediatric clinic, your best initial preparation for this job would not be to study the policy and procedure manuals of the pediatric clinic there you work to ascertain the immunization schedules of the clinic.
D Incorrect. As a new nurse in a pediatric clinic, your best initial preparation for this job would not be to contact the local school district to ascertain which immunizations are required.
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