NCLEX Question for Prenatal Antibody Titer

A woman’s prenatal antibody titer shows that she is not immune to rubella and will receive the immunization after the delivery. The nurse would include which of the following instructions in the teaching plan?

    a. Pregnancy must be avoided for the next three months.
    b. Another immunization should be administered in the next pregnancy.
    c. Breast feeding should be postponed for five days after the injection.
    d. An injection will be needed after each succeeding pregnancy.

Correct ANswer: A. . To prevent intrauterine infection, which can result in miscarriage, stillbirth, and congenital rubella syndrome in the fetus, women who are immunized should be advised not to become pregnant for three months.
 

One immunization should result in the woman becoming immune to rubella; rubella vaccine is never administered during pregnancy because of the serious dangers to the fetus.
 

Receiving a rubella vaccination in the postpartum period is not a contraindication to breast feeding.
 

One immunization should result in the woman becoming immune to rubella; another antibody titer will be done in subsequent pregnancies for validation.

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