What Education Should You Provide to the Parents of an Infant

question 9

Multiple Choice

What education should you provide to the parents of an infant who received the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine concomitantly with the DTaP vaccine?

• A) The child will require yearly DTaP booster doses
• B) Give the child acetaminophen within 4 hours to decrease pain
• C) Give the child Benadryl to decrease the risk of an allergic reaction
• D) The child may be at an increased risk for febrile seizures

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Definitions:

Hypothalamus

The hypothalamus is a region of the brain responsible for producing hormones that control body temperature, hunger, moods, release of hormones from many glands, especially the pituitary gland.

Basilar Membrane

A structure in the cochlea of the ear that vibrates in response to sound and aids in the process of hearing.

Wave Frequency

The number of waves that pass a fixed point in unit time, typically measured in hertz (Hz).

Auditory Tube

Also called the eustachian tube; connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx for the equalization of pressure.