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Title: The employee health nurse is working with a nursing student who has just sustained a needlestick ... Post by: thisisstupidash on Jan 26, 2018 The employee health nurse is working with a nursing student who has just sustained a needlestick injury and has received a dose of hepatitis B immune globulin. The nurse is counseling the student about vaccination against hepatitis B.
Which statement by the student indicates understanding? A) I will make an appointment to start the hepatitis B vaccination series within the next 3 months. B) I will only need to receive two doses of the hepatitis B vaccine because you just gave me one dose of the immune globulin. C) I need to start the hepatitis B vaccination series as soon as possible. D) I don't need to receive the hepatitis B vaccine because I will now produce antibodies against hepatitis B. Title: The employee health nurse is working with a nursing student who has just sustained a needlestick ... Post by: derrickpate22 on Jan 26, 2018 Ans: C
Feedback: Some protection against infectious disease can be provided by the injection of hyperimmune serum, which contains high concentrations of antibodies for a specific disease, or immune serum or gamma globulin, which contains a pool of antibodies from many individuals, providing protection against many infectious agents. Passive immunity produces only short-term protection that lasts weeks to months. Title: The employee health nurse is working with a nursing student who has just sustained a needlestick ... Post by: thisisstupidash on Jan 26, 2018 I can see it now, thanks for clarifying
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