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The nurse differentiates for the family active and palliative care, in that active care is:
 
  a. centered on symptom control.
  b. focused on treatment for a cure.
  c. not concerned with dying.
  d. covered by health insurance.

Question 2

The nurse explains that vitamin K by injection is given to the newborn at risk for hemorrhage because:
 
  a. most mothers have a vitamin K deficiency that develops during pregnancy.
  b. bacteria that synthesize vitamin K are not present in newborns.
  c. vitamin K prevents the synthesis of prothrombin.
  d. the newborn does not store vitamin K.



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Answer to Question 1

B
Active treatment is aggressive care that aims to cure disease and prolong life.

Answer to Question 2

B
Newborns are not able to synthesize vitamin K because bacteria in the intestines are not yet developed.



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