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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