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The Parents of a 2-Month-Old Infant Ask the Primary Care

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The parents of a 2-month-old infant ask the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) if they can immunize their child by giving one or two immunizations per month instead of following the recommended immunization schedule for vaccines at 2,4,6,12,and 15 months of age.The NP should:


A) respect the parents' wishes and agree to the revised schedule for immunizations.
B) explain that prolonging the vaccine regimen will lead to a decrease in final antibody concentrations.
C) tell the parents that protection from diseases may be delayed until all immunizations have been given.
D) inform the parents that a prolonged interval between some vaccines may require restarting the series for those vaccines.

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