Author Question: The nurse is preparing a 5-year-old for an x-ray. Which of the following would be the best approach ... (Read 14 times)

Kthamas · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The nurse is preparing a 5-year-old for an x-ray. Which of the following would be the best approach to prepare the child for the procedure?

A) We are going to take some x-rays of your body.
B) We need to look inside at some of your organs.
C) X-rays are not painful, you won't feel a thing.
D) We are going to use a big camera to take pictures inside your body.

Question 2

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 due to a sterile bowel at birth.
d. Responsible for the breakdown of bilirubin and the prevention of jaundice.

sailorcrescent · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C
The bowel is initially sterile in the newborn, and vitamin K cannot be synthesized until food is introduced into the bowel.
Vitamin K is important for blood clotting.
The platelet count in term newborns is near adult levels. Vitamin K is necessary to activate prothrombin and other clotting factors.
Vitamin K is necessary to activate the clotting factors.