PEDS (APEA) EXAM QUESTIONS

PEDS (APEA) EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 100% PASS (A+) Hep A immunization schedule - Answer First dose at 1 year, second dose after 6 months Hep B immunization schedule - Answer 3 doses: 0, 1-2 months, 6-18 months after 1st You are caring for a newborn whose mother is known to be HBsAg (+). How should this be handled? - Answer Administer Hep B vaccine and Hep B immunoglobulin within 12 hrs of birth How many doses are in the DTaP series? - Answer 5 Tdap in pregnancy - Answer 1 dose of tdap during each pregnancy, preferably at 27-36 wks PCV vaccine amount - Answer 4 doses Fever or rash after receiving a live attenuated immunization indicates? - Answer Reaction to a viral replication, not the vaccine Examples of live attenudated vaccines - Answer MMR Varicella MMR and varicella immunization schedule - Answer At 12 months (can be on the same day), then must wait one month for second Earliest age to receive flu vaccine - Answer 6 months