CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Neonatal

Vitamin K (AquamMEPHYTON) is prescribed for a neonate. A nurse prepares the medication and selects which muscle site to administer the medication?
  1. Deltoid
  2. Triceps
  3. Vastus lateralis
  4. Biceps
Explanation
Answer: C- Vitamin K is administered to the neonate to aid in the production of active prothrombin and to prevent hemorrhagic disease. It is administered in the vastus lateralis muscle.
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