What should the nurse expect of a patient with a malabsorption of vitamin K?
a. Lowered hemoglobin
b. Elevated hematocrit
c. Increased prothrombin time
d. Diminished white blood cell count
ANS: C
Prothrombin times are increased because malabsorption of vitamin K or inability to produce the clotting factors VII, IX, and X cause the patient to have bleeding tendencies.
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