Question

1. The client calls the clinic nurse and asks, “what is the best way to prevent getting influenza?”. Which statement is the nurse’s best response?
   1. “take prophylactic antibiotics for ten (10) days after being exposed to influenza”
   2. “stay away from large crowds and wear a scarf over your mouth during cold weather”
   3. “the best way to prevent getting influenza is to get a yearly flu vaccine”
   4. “you must eat three (3) well-balanced meals a day and exercise daily to prevent influenza

Answer 1

The most appropriate answer must be to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated each year, but other options also help to protect yourself and others from flu and help stop the spread of germs.

The flu vaccines help to develop the antibodies in the body about two weeks after the vaccination.

These antibodies provide protection from the viruses who causes infection.

There are different types of flu vaccine available:

a. Flu Shot: Given in the arm by the needle.

b.Cell-based Flu vaccines.

c.Intradermal influenza (Flu) vaccine

d.Nasal spray flu vaccine.

e.Flu vaccination by jet injector.

f.Adjuvanted vaccine.

g.Recombinant flu vaccine