A nursing instructor asks a student nurse where the vitamin K injection should be administered. The student explains that the vitamin K injection will be given where?
a. Vastus lateralis
b. Gluteus maximus
c. Deltoid
d. Abdomen
ANS: A
Injections to newborns are given in the vastus lateralis muscle, where muscle development is adequate. Other sites are not appropriate.
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