A nurse prepares to administer a vitamin K injection to a newborn infant. The mother asks the nurse why her newborn infant needs the injection. The best response by the nurse would be:A. "Your infant needs vitamin K to develop immunity."B. "Vitamin K will protect your infant from having jaundice."C. "Newborn infants are deficient in vitamin K, and this injection prevents your infant from abnormal bleeding."D. "Newborn infants have sterile bowels, and vitamin K promotes the growth of bacteria in the bowel."

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