In administering vitamin K to the infant shortly after birth, the nurse understands that vitamin K is
a. Important in the production of red blood cells
b. Necessary in the production of platelets
c. Not initially synthesized because of a sterile bowel at birth
d. Responsible for the breakdown of bilirubin and prevention of jaundice
C
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A Vitamin K is important for blood clotting.
B The platelet count in term newborns is near adult levels. Vitamin K is necessary
to activate prothrombin and other clotting factors.
C The bowel is initially sterile in the newborn, and vitamin K cannot be
synthesized until food is introduced into the bowel.
D Vitamin K is necessary to activate the clotting factors.
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