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Chapter 21: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Questions and Answers with Complete Solutions
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Chapter 21: Neonatal Intensive Care UnitQuestions and Answers with Complete
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Neonatal Therapists can come from what profession? - ANSWER OT, PT, SLP
Recommended experience before practicing as a Neonatal Therapist? -
ANSWER 2 year pediatric experience before starting 6 months of being
mentored. Additional continuing education is essential
Level I Nursery Classification - ANSWER routine
Level II Nursery Classification - ANSWER intermediate, special care nursery at
or less than 32 weeks, can provide continuous positive airway pressure
Level III Nursery Classification - ANSWER neonatal intensive care for extremely
high-risk new-born infants with critical illness and who are extremely preterm
Level IV Nursery Classification - ANSWER provide onsite surgical repair of
serious congenital or acquired malformations, provide outreach education to area
NICUs
Gestational Age - ANSWER how far along pregnancy is, first day of women's
last menstrual cycle to current date
, Post conceptual Age - ANSWER weeks of age at birth + weeks of age since birth
Chronologic Age - ANSWER number of years person has lived
Corrected Age - ANSWER Actual age in weeks minus Weeks Premature
Full Term - ANSWER 38-42 weeks
Preterm - ANSWER any infant born before 38 weeks
Late preterm - ANSWER born between 34-38 weeks
postterm - ANSWER born after 42 weeks
Low birth weight - ANSWER 1500-2500 grams
Very low birth weight - ANSWER 1000-1500 grams
extremely low birth weight - ANSWER <1000 grams
ultra low birth weight - ANSWER <750 grams
appropriate for gestational age - ANSWER birth weight between 10th & 90th
percentile
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