Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Bundle Set

The amount of air that moves into or out of the lungs with each single breath at rest is called - Answer Tidal Volume Which of the following is a non-pharmacologic management technique to treat apnea in the preterm infant - Answer Maintaining the head in neutral position which of the follo...

What is the high risk neonate defined as? - Answer A newborn, regardless of gestational age or birth weight, who has greater than average chance of morbidity or mortality d/t conditions associated with birth and the transition to extrauterine life. How is a high risk neonate classified by weigh...

Level 1 NICU - Answer Normal Newborn Nursery Level 2 NICU - Answer Special Care Nursery Level 3 NICU - Answer Newborn Intensive Care: Respiratory, Neonatal Surgery, Special Diagnostics, Very Pre-term Infants Level 4 NICU - Answer Newborn Intensive Care: Cardiac Surgery Diagnoses ...

NICU Levels - Answer Because NICU's are so costly and such specialized treatment facilities they are categorized by level of care and region Level 1 NICU Level II NICU Level III NICU Level 1V NICU Level I NICU: - Answer Able to identify at risk pregnancies and neonates; able to provide e...

What is a high risk neonate? - Answer a newborn, regardless of gestational age or birth weight, who has greater than average chance of morbidity or mortality due to conditions associated with birth and the transition to extrauterine life How do we classify high risk neonates? - Answer Weight ...

ductus arteriosus (what is it, what does it do, and why?) - Answer blood vessel in fetal heart between pulmonary artery and aorta; shunts blood from right to left due to high pulmonary vascular resistance allows most of blood coming from r. ventricle to bypass lungs (which are not functioning i...

At what age do the sucking and gag reflex become mature? - Answer 34 weeks = 8 months Gestation Term - Answer 37-42 weeks Gestation Late Preterm - Answer 34-37 weeks Gestation Premie - Answer <34 weeks Birth weight (LBW, VLBW, ELBW, Micropremie) Gestational Age (AGA/SGA/LGA...

Has the US preterm birth rate been increasing or decreasing the past 4 years? - Answer Decreasing 2006: 12.8% born before 37 weeks gestation 2010: 12% What percent of live births account for infants born less than 32 weeks gestation? - Answer 1% What is the leading cause of infant mortali...