a 1-year-old child is diagnosed with pernicious anemia due to lack of intrinsic factor and is prescribed vitamin b12 injections. after teaching the child's parents about this treatment, the nurse determines that the teaching was successful based on which statement?

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"Initially, I will need weekly injections of Vitamin B12 and then monthly injections for maintenance, which will be a lifelong regime." indicates that teaching was sucessful.

Vitamin B12 is an important vitamin required by the body. The deficiency of vitamin results in pernicious anemia. The deficiency of vitamin B12 due to lack of intrinsic factor indicates that body can not absorb the vitamin.

Therefore, whatever food the patient takes, will continue the deficiency. The only possible treatment is injecting the vitamin into body. Thus, the patients lacking intrinsic factor require lifelong injections of vitamin B12 for healthy life.

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