The nurse is preparing to administer total parenteral nutrition intravenously to a patient with malnutrition. What fat soluble vitamin should the nurse note is absent from the nutritional mixture?
1. vitamin K
2. vitamin A
3. vitamin D
4. vitamin E
Correct Answer: 1
Vitamin K is the only fat soluble vitamin that cannot be administered intravenously. Vitamins A, D, and E can be given IV.
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