Name: ______________________________________________________ Score: ___________________

1. What does VKDB stand for? ________________________

2. When is the injection given? Provide the rationale. ________________________
3. A student nurse is asked to administer vitamin K to a newborn. What route is Vit K administered?
_____________________ Why?
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4. The preferred site for an IM injection in the newborn is _____________________ Why?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
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5-7. Reading the label on the medication must be done: when it is ____________________ from the
medication cart, before _______________ the medication and after withdrawing the ______________.
8. Prescribed dose of vitamin K for newborns delivered weighing 2,800 grams is _________________ ml.
Justify_____________________________________________________________________________________________
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9. _________________________________ an eye infection that occurs within the first 30 days of life.
10-11. Causes of conjunctivitis of the newborn are: ________________________ and _______________________.
12. Proper technique for administering eye drops and ointments. _________________________________. Provide the
rationale
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__________________________________________________________________________________________________
13-14. Cite two common ophthalmic ointments provided to neonates: ____________________________ and
________________________
15. The first step in the administration of a Vit K injection.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Name: ______________________________________________________ Score: ___________________

1. What does VKDB stand for? ________________________

2. When is the injection given? ________________________
3. A student nurse is asked to administer vitamin K to a newborn. What route is Vit K administered?
_____________________
4. The preferred site for an IM injection in the newborn is ________________________
5-7. Reading the label on the medication must be done: when it is ____________________ from the
medication cart, before _______________ the medication and after withdrawing the ______________.
8. Prescribed dose of vitamin K for newborns delivered weighing 2,800 grams is _________________ ml.
9. _________________________________ an eye infection that occurs within the first 30 days of life.
10-11. Causes of conjunctivitis of the newborn are: ________________________ and _______________________.
12. Proper technique for administering eye drops and ointments. _________________________________
13-14. Cite two common ophthalmic ointments provided to neonates: ____________________________ and
________________________
15. The first step in the administration of a Vit K injection provide the rationale
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________