A Mother Brings Her 7-Year-Old Daughter to Her Pediatrician's Office

A mother brings her 7-year-old daughter to her pediatrician's office. It is written in the patient's chart that she is not immunized. The child has approximately 50 lesions, mainly concentrated on her trunk. Most of the lesions are vesicular, but a few have scabbed over. According to the mother, her daughter was previously healthy and developed this rash about five days ago. She denies any fevers and the rash appears to be persistently itchy. The RN observes the child itch open a vesicle, revealing a clear fluid.
-The mother requests antibiotics to treat her daughter's infection.What is the most appropriate action by the RN?  

A) Advocate that the physician write a prescription for oral amoxicillin because the spread of the infectious lesions can be slowed by a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
B) Inform the mother that her daughter needs an antiviral prescription,not an antibiotic,to treat the infection.
C) Educate the mother she can purchase a triple-antibiotic ointment to apply to the lesions three times daily.
D) Educate the mother that chickenpox does not respond to antibiotics,but is self-limiting and will heal on its own.