You are a nurse working with adolescents and assessing them to see what immunizations they need. You would advise adolescents and their caregivers to have booster doses of tetanus and diphtheria approximately how many years after the last dose?
a. 1 c. 10
b. 5 d. 15
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A Incorrect. It is not appropriate to advise adolescents and their caregivers to have booster doses of tetanus and diphtheria every year.
B Incorrect. It is not appropriate to advise adolescents and their caregivers to have booster doses of tetanus and diphtheria every 5 years.
C Correct. It is appropriate to advise adolescents and their caregivers to have booster doses of tetanus and diphtheria every 10 years.
D Incorrect. It is not appropriate to advise adolescents and their caregivers to have booster doses of tetanus and diphtheria every 15 years.
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