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1. Question: Your 78-year-old patient has never had a flu vaccine, and states “I have heard that the flu shot gives you the I don’t want one.” What education would you provide for this patient?
2. Question: In older patients about to receive a solid organ transplant, which immunization would you withhold and for what reason?
3. Question: Name the most common allergic response to the flu vaccine,
4. Question: What is the maximum number of doses of PPSV23 that can be given to high-risk older adults 65 or older?
5. Question: Which influenza vaccine is recommended for the older adult?
6. Question: D. is a 78-year-old woman who does not remember if she has ever had the immunization for herpes zoster. She does remember having chicken pox as a child. What would you recommend for her?
7. Question: Describe two reasons for an unsatisfactory immune response to the hepatitis B vaccination in older adults. How long after vaccination would you test to determine a protective level, and what would this test be looking for?
8. Question: You are caring for older adults in a nursing As a general rule, patients over 65 years of age and in general good health can receive which immunizations?
9. Question: You see a 66-year-old patient who is otherwise healthy, and their vaccine history is unknown. What immunizations would you consider giving this patient?
10. Question: You have an 89-year-old patient on hospice care in a long-term care The protocol is for flu vaccine to be given to all patients each fall. Would you vaccinate? Why, or why not?