Vitamin K Injection
Vitamin K Injection ( 4 Questions)
A nurse has administered vitamin K injection to a newborn.
Which of the following statements by the nurse indicates an understanding of the rationale for this intervention?
This injection will help prevent your baby from developing a bleeding disorder caused by low vitamin K levels.
Vitamin K is essential for the synthesis of clotting factors in the liver.
Newborns have low levels of vitamin K because it does not cross the placenta well and they have limited gut flora to produce it.
Therefore, they are at risk of vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB), which can cause serious and potentially fatal hemorrhages. To prevent VKDB, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a single intramuscular dose of 1 mg of vitamin K to all newborn infants within 6 hours of birth.
Vitamin K does not boost the immune system or protect from infections.
Vitamin K does not stimulate liver function or metabolism.
Vitamin K does not increase appetite or growth
The correct answer is choice A. This injection will help prevent your baby from developing a bleeding disorder caused by low vitamin K levels.
Vitamin K is essential for the synthesis of clotting factors in the liver.
Newborns have low levels of vitamin K because it does not cross the placenta well and they have limited gut flora to produce it.
Therefore, they are at risk of vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB), which can cause serious and potentially fatal hemorrhages. To prevent VKDB, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a single intramuscular dose of 1 mg of vitamin K to all newborn infants within 6 hours of birth.
Choice B is wrong because vitamin K does not boost the immune system or protect from infections.
Choice C is wrong because vitamin K does not stimulate liver function or metabolism.
Choice D is wrong because vitamin K does not increase appetite or growth.