| Interlocutor: SETTING: CITY CLINIC |
| PARENT: You are the parent of a four-year-old boy who has chickenpox. He is recovering well, but you want to check with the nurse if it’s safe for your pregnant niece to visit you. Your son is not present. TASK: When asked, say that your son is recovering from chickenpox and you want to know if it’s safe for your pregnant niece to visit. Say you don’t really know if your niece has had chickenpox. She’s approximately 16 weeks pregnant. Say you haven’t told your niece that your son has chickenpox, and you really don’t want to worry her if you don’t need to. Say it must be okay for your niece to come because your son has had chickenpox for ten days now, and all his blisters are dry, so he can’t be contagious. Say you understand the need to be cautious. Ask if there’s any treatment if your niece did get exposed to chickenpox. Say you will definitely delay her visit for another week until your son has completely recovered |
| SETTING: City Clinic |
| NURSE: You see the parent of a four-year-old boy who is recovering from chicken pox. He/she wants to know if it’s safe for his/her pregnant niece to visit. You advise the parent to be cautious and delay the visit. The child is not present. TASK Give information about chicken pox (e.g., contagious until blisters have crusted over, etc.). Find out relevant details about his/her niece (previous exposure to chicken pox, gestation of pregnancy, etc.). Advise the need for parent to inform his/her niece about son’s chicken pox and delay visit (e.g., high-risk group, uncertainty of niece’s chicken pox status, etc.). Stress the need to be cautious and outline risks of catching chicken pox during pregnancy (e.g., serious complications: pneumonia, hepatitis, etc.). Give information about treatment available (e.g., injection containing antibodies, etc.). Reaffirm need for his/her niece’s visit to be delayed. |