The home health nurse recommends to the mother of a 12-year-old child with leukemia that the child should have:
a. the series for prevention of hepatitis B.
b. an annual influenza vaccine.
c. an annual pneumococcal vaccine.
d. vitamin B12 shots.
ANS: B
Children with leukemia should have an annual influenza vaccine and a pneumococcal vaccine every 5 years.
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