A 2-Week-Old Infant Is Brought to a Family Practice Office

Multiple Choice

A 2-week-old infant is brought to a family practice office for a scheduled visit. The parents appear anxious, as this is their first child. They express multiple concerns to the nurse about their son's sleep patterns, feeding, and crying. The RN provides empathetic listening and education to calm their fears, and they are receptive to the teaching. When the RN discusses vaccination with the parents, they refuse to vaccinate their son because they have heard vaccines can cause autism in children.
-The morning after the vaccination,the patient's mother calls to report that the infant has developed a low-grade fever.She states,"I am afraid that he is developing meningitis from one of the vaccines,because he is also fussy." What is a proper response by the nurse?

A) I understand you are frightened.However,site pain and low fever are common side effects.You can help minimize both with acetaminophen,as the physician recommended.
B) Bring your son to the closest ER for evaluation.He may be experiencing a life-threatening reaction to the vaccines.
C) You sound upset.Please remember how harmless I told you vaccines were.
D) This fever and fussiness are probably from an unrelated illness.It is just a coincidence he received vaccinations around the same time as these symptoms presented.