The Benefits of Vitamin K Administration in Neonates There is an ethical debate on whether parents should have the choice to have Vitamin K administered to their newborn babies. Many parents believe there are consequences if they allow their child to be administered Vitamin K. I believe that Vitamin K should have to be administered to each newborn, regardless of parental opinion, because the benefits outweigh the risks. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the responsibility of Vitamin K, the benefits it has on newborns, and common misconceptions.
Role of Vitamin K Vitamin K is used to help the blood clot in your body and to stop bleeding. Adults can get Vitamin K in their diet through certain food choices, but …show more content…
Phillippi, Holley, Moard, and Collins (2016) stated a study that was conducted by Golding et al in 1992 is the only study to show a relationship between vitamin K and leukemia. However, because the Golding study was a retrospective study performed on a small sample size the results were due to chance. There have been many follow up studies to correlate the relationship between vitamin K and leukemia and no connection has been found. This journal also mentioned two other studies which were performed on much larger sample sizes and both concluded that there is no link between vitamin K prophylaxis and leukemia (Phillippi, Holley, Moard, & Collins, 2016). I feel that it would be easy to decide as a parent to not have vitamin K administered to my child if the internet told me it was linked to leukemia. Nevertheless, I think it is important for these parents to not self-educate themselves from non-scholarly sources and ultimately weigh the risks and benefits. Getting the vitamin K shot outweighs the risks because you could potentially save your child from VKBD, and the risk of leukemia as mentioned above, is a
Role of Vitamin K Vitamin K is used to help the blood clot in your body and to stop bleeding. Adults can get Vitamin K in their diet through certain food choices, but …show more content…
Phillippi, Holley, Moard, and Collins (2016) stated a study that was conducted by Golding et al in 1992 is the only study to show a relationship between vitamin K and leukemia. However, because the Golding study was a retrospective study performed on a small sample size the results were due to chance. There have been many follow up studies to correlate the relationship between vitamin K and leukemia and no connection has been found. This journal also mentioned two other studies which were performed on much larger sample sizes and both concluded that there is no link between vitamin K prophylaxis and leukemia (Phillippi, Holley, Moard, & Collins, 2016). I feel that it would be easy to decide as a parent to not have vitamin K administered to my child if the internet told me it was linked to leukemia. Nevertheless, I think it is important for these parents to not self-educate themselves from non-scholarly sources and ultimately weigh the risks and benefits. Getting the vitamin K shot outweighs the risks because you could potentially save your child from VKBD, and the risk of leukemia as mentioned above, is a