A patient has recovered from hepatitis B. Which discharge information should the nurse provide? ...

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Rationale 1: The patient is immune to a new case of hepatitis B.
Rationale 2: Symptoms of chronic HBV may develop as long as 10 years following exposure.
Rationale 3: There is no need to get a hepatitis B vaccine.
Rationale 4: There is no need to get hepatitis immunoglobulins.
Rationale 5: There is no need to get a dose of interferon.

Global Rationale: The patient is immune to a new case of hepatitis B. Symptoms of chronic HBV may develop as long as 10 years following exposure. There is no need to get a hepatitis B vaccine, hepatitis immunoglobulin, or interferon.