A patient requests information regarding smallpox vaccination. Select the accurate statement
a. "The virus in the vaccine is dead and therefore risk free."
b. "Patients recently exposed to a patient with smallpox need not receive the vaccine."
c. "Mortality associated with the vaccine is 1-2 deaths per 1 million persons vaccinated."
d. "The vaccine is given by deep IM injection and must be repeated once every 5 years."
c
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Which action is correct when administering ear drops to a 2-year-old child?
a. Administer the ear drops straight from the refrigerator. b. Pull the pinna of the ear back and down. c. Massage the pinna after administering the medication. d. Pull the pinna of the ear back and up.
Alternative products and practices are options to regular health care.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A patient is scheduled for a thymectomy. For which peripheral nervous system disorder should the nurse plan care for this patient?
a. Multiple sclerosis (MS) b. Myasthenia gravis (MG) c. Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) d. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
A patient tells his family, "I don't know why I was placed on this earth just to suffer from cancer all my life. I just want to die." The nurse realizes the patient
a. has lost control of the situation. b. is expressing spiritual despair. c. is becoming anxious with the situation. d. will become withdrawn from his or her care.