What is the best rationale for health care providers receiving the influenza vaccination on a yearly basis?
A) To decreased nurses' susceptibility to health care-associated infections
B) To decrease risk of transmission to vulnerable patients
C) To eventually eradicate the influenza virus in the United States
D) To prevent the emergence of drug-resistant strains of the influenza virus
Ans: B
Feedback:
To reduce the chance of transmission to vulnerable patients, health care workers are advised to obtain influenza vaccinations. The vaccine will not decrease nurses' risks of developing health care-associated infections, eradicate the influenza virus, or decrease the risk of developing new strains of the influenza virus.
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