A Patient Comes in to Your Pharmacy Counter in a Rush

Multiple Choice

A patient comes in to your pharmacy counter in a rush, asking to receive the whooping cough vaccine. The pharmacist is in a meeting, and won't be back for 30 minutes. What should you do?

A) Administer the Tdap shot to the patient yourself
B) Tell the patient that they have to wait until the pharmacist returns
C) Counsel the patient on the benefits of a Tdap shot until the pharmacist returns
D) Convince the patient they do not need a Tdap shot