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Neonatal and High-Risk Neonatal Management

A client presents to a walk-in travel clinic to receive vaccinations. The client tells a nurse she thinks she may be pregnant. Which vaccines, if ordered by a physician, should the nurse prepare to administer to this client?

ExplanationHepatitis B vaccination can be safely administered during pregnancy. This vaccine is for the virus hepatitis B. The virus is transmitted through transfusions of contaminated blood or semen and can also be passed through contaminated syringes or needles through intravenous drug use. Hepatitis B may spread to the fetus if the mother is infected in the third trimester. Rubella, varicella, and mumps should not be administered to pregnant women because they are live viruses and are contraindicated during pregnancy.