NCLEX-RN Practice Question of the Day
The healthcare provider understands that teaching has been effective when the patient verbalizes the following regarding influenza vaccinations:
1. “Since the vaccine is the live virus, I can expect to be ill for 4-7 days after receiving my shot.”
2. “Influenza vaccines are a cure for the flu.”
3. “The vaccine is an inactivated virus, but may cause some mild cold-like symptoms.”
4. “If I have already had the vaccine last year, it is not recommended that I get it again this year.”
HINTS:
The flu vaccine is recommended annually to protect individuals against the influenza virus.
Because the vaccine is not a live virus, individuals will not contract the virus and it’s ill effects.
The flu vaccine is an inactivated virus. Though the virus itself has been destroyed, some parts of the protein shell remain intake. The body is able to recognize these proteins as a foreign body and and create antibodies to protect the individual from it. Because the body is creating a defense system, the individual may develop very mild cold-like symptoms.
ANSWER: #3
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