•Mr. Nick Cougherman is a 40 y/o male who presents to your clinic for their annual exam. Nick has a history of alcoholism and mild cirrhosis. He follows regularly with hepatology and his liver status has been stable.
•Nick reports feeling fair with no recent changes. He does report that his father was just hospitalized with a severe pneumonia. The hospital staff asked Nick if his father had gotten “the pneumonia shot” in the past, and he didn’t know.
•Nick asks you if this is something that he should get for himself after seeing how sick his father got.
•Nick reports never having had any pneumonia vaccinations in the past and your clinic documentation confirms this fact.
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•Go to the CDC vaccine schedule website.
•Check the recommendations for the Pneumococcal vaccine.
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•Should Nick get the vaccine?
•A) No
•B) Yes
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