An unimmunized school-age child whose mother is in her first trimester of pregnancy is diagnosed with rubella after a local outbreak. What will the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner recommend?

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The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner should recommend assessment of maternal rubella titers. If maternal rubella titers are negative, the mother should be offered the MMR vaccine. However, if the mother is already immune, there is no risk to the developing fetus. Intravenous immunoglobulin is not indicated in this case. Termination of the pregnancy is not typically recommended unless there are severe fetal abnormalities or other medical reasons.

An Unimmunized School-Age Child Whose Mother Is in Her First