Immediately after delivery, the nurse prepares to give the newborn a vitamin K injection. The new father is watching and asks the nurse why the baby is receiving a "shot
" The nurse would explain that vitamin K injections are given to newborn infants to: 1. Activate clotting factors.
2. Break up blood clots.
3. Promote red blood cell function and assist in gas exchange.
4. Promote the production of hemoglobin.
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Rationale 1: Levels of clotting factors are lower in infants, so vitamin K is given prophylactically to activate essential clotting factors.
Rationale 2: Vitamin K is given to promote clotting.
Rationale 3: Clotting factors do not carry oxygen or carbon dioxide.
Rationale 4: Vitamin K has no effect on the production of hemoglobin.
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