The nurse teaches new mothers about the reason their infants receive vitamin K. The nurse evaluates ...

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Rationale 1: Vitamin K injection must be used before bleeding is observed in the infant.
Rationale 2: Vitamin K is not present in high enough amounts in breast milk to protect the infant from bleeding.
Rationale 3: The infant's gut is sterile, so there are inadequate bacteria to synthesize vitamin K, which is essential to promote blood clotting.
Rationale 4: The stimulus for vitamin K rests with an injection, not a liquid form, to promote blood clotting and stimulate intestinal synthesis of the vitamin.
Global Rationale: The infant's gut is sterile, so there are inadequate bacteria to synthesize vitamin K, which is essential to promote blood clotting. Vitamin K injection must be used before bleeding is observed in the infant. Vitamin K is not present in high enough amounts in breast milk to protect the infant from bleeding. The stimulus for vitamin K rests with an injection, not a liquid form, to promote blood clotting and stimulate intestinal synthesis of the vitamin.