NRNP 6540 VACCINE ANSWERS
1- Name the most common allergic response to the !u vaccine,
Answer: inflammation at injection site such as soreness, redness,
warmth and swelling
Reference:
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Seasonal flu vaccines |
cdc. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/flushot.htm
2 What are the most current recommendations for vaccination of
patients near the end of life, including hospice patients?
Answer: Influenza vaccine and Pneumococcal vaccine and hepatitis B vaccine, excluding
live vaccines
Reference:
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Seasonal flu vaccines |
cdc. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/flushot.htm
3 What is the maximum number of doses of PPSV23 that can be given to
high-risk older adults 65 or older?
Answer: one
According to the CDC, only one dose of PPSV23 should be given to high-risk older
adults 55 or older.
Reference :
CDC/NCIRD. (2020). Pneumococcal vaccine timing for adults-june 25,
2020 [PDF]. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/pneumo/downloads/pneumo-vaccine-
timing.pdf
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, 4- Which influenza vaccine is recommended for the older adult?
Answer: Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent is a four-component (quadrivalent)
flu vaccine approved for people 65 years and older.
Reference
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021, August 27). Fluzone
high-dose seasonal influenza vaccine | cdc. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/qa_fluzone.htm
5-You have an 89-year-old patient on hospice care in a long-term care
facility. The protocol is for flu vaccine to be given to all patients each
fall. Would you vaccinate? Why, or why not?
Answer: Yes I will vaccinate this patient because according to the CDC, patients on hospice and
palliative care living in long-term facility are at increased risk of getting infected with the
influenza varus.
Reference
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Seasonal flu vaccines |
cdc. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/flushot.htm
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1- Name the most common allergic response to the !u vaccine,
Answer: inflammation at injection site such as soreness, redness,
warmth and swelling
Reference:
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Seasonal flu vaccines |
cdc. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/flushot.htm
2 What are the most current recommendations for vaccination of
patients near the end of life, including hospice patients?
Answer: Influenza vaccine and Pneumococcal vaccine and hepatitis B vaccine, excluding
live vaccines
Reference:
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Seasonal flu vaccines |
cdc. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/flushot.htm
3 What is the maximum number of doses of PPSV23 that can be given to
high-risk older adults 65 or older?
Answer: one
According to the CDC, only one dose of PPSV23 should be given to high-risk older
adults 55 or older.
Reference :
CDC/NCIRD. (2020). Pneumococcal vaccine timing for adults-june 25,
2020 [PDF]. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/pneumo/downloads/pneumo-vaccine-
timing.pdf
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, 4- Which influenza vaccine is recommended for the older adult?
Answer: Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent is a four-component (quadrivalent)
flu vaccine approved for people 65 years and older.
Reference
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021, August 27). Fluzone
high-dose seasonal influenza vaccine | cdc. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/qa_fluzone.htm
5-You have an 89-year-old patient on hospice care in a long-term care
facility. The protocol is for flu vaccine to be given to all patients each
fall. Would you vaccinate? Why, or why not?
Answer: Yes I will vaccinate this patient because according to the CDC, patients on hospice and
palliative care living in long-term facility are at increased risk of getting infected with the
influenza varus.
Reference
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Seasonal flu vaccines |
cdc. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/flushot.htm
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