The nurse is instructing an adolescent female on potential vaccinations available. Which vaccination would the nurse state that decreases the risk of cervical cancer?
A) Hepatitis B
B) Human papilloma viral (HPV)
C) Herpes zoster
D) Meningococcal
B
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Human papilloma viral (HPV) infection is the most commonly transmitted sexual disease in the United States. A strain of this infection can cause cervical cancer. An HPV vaccine is available to both females and males. For females, the vaccine decreases the risk of cervical cancer and genital warts. For males, the vaccine decreases the risk of genital warts and anal cancers. Hepatitis B vaccine protects against a liver disease. Herpes zoster is the vaccine for shingles. The meningococcal vaccine protects against several diseases including meningitis.
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