PANCE Exam Practice Questions: Quiz 851

A 23-year-old G0 smoker wonders if she is a candidate for the quadrivalent HPV vaccine. She has been sexually active for 5 years with three partners. Her recent first pap smear was normal, but her examination revealed two nontender vaginal lesions which resemble flesh-colored cauliflower. You first educate her that quitting smoking will help her immune system fight the strain of HPV that she already has acquired. What advice should you give her?
- a. She is already infected with one strain, but the vaccine will still be effective against acquiring the other three strains.
- b. The vaccine will protect her from every HPV strain.
- c. If she receives the vaccine, she will never have to have another pap smear.
- d. She is already infected with one strain, and there is no benefit in vaccination against the others.

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