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NICU | 72 Verified Questions and Answers100% Correct
What does NICU stand for? - ANSWER neonatal intensive care unit
what percentage of children born prematurely will be approved for services? -
ANSWER 90% (and they really do need services)
List the 4 levels of care - ANSWER Level 1- routine newborn care
Level 2- intermediate care
Level 3- neonatal intensive care
Level 4- neonatal intensive care
Describe Level 1 Care - ANSWER A hospital nursery that is able to provide
neonatal resuscitation and postnatal care of healthy newborns infants and stable
late pre-term infants born at 35-37 weeks gestation.
Describe Level 2 Care - ANSWER This hospital special care nursery provides
care to infants born at or less than 32 weeks gestation with birth weight less that
1500 grams who have physiologic immaturity issues that are expected to resolve
rapidly with continued maturation.
,Describe Level 3 Care - ANSWER This is a hospital NICU able to provide
continuous life support and comprehensive care for extremely high-risk newborns
and those with critical illness, including infants born extremely premature. These
units provide critical medical and surgical care and ongoing assisted ventilation.
Describe Level 4 Care - ANSWER These units have the same capabilities as level
2 units and in addition they can provide surgical repair of serious congenital or
acquired malformations. These units can facilitate transport systems and often
provide outreach education to other area NICUs.
Developmental specialists: Who are they? - ANSWER Developmental
specialists may be occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists,
nurse, or child life specialist
What kind of care do developmental specialists provide? What else do they do? -
ANSWER - Specialists provide direct patient care
- Collaborate and consult with family members
- Consult with medical team
- Family support and education
- Facilitate system changes in the NICU
- Promote practices that are neuroprotective to the infant
- Supportive of family as partners in care
What is gestational age (GA)? - ANSWER referred to as the total time elapsed
between the first day of the last menstrual period and the day of birth
, How is gestational age calculated? - ANSWER GA is calculated in weeks and is
rounded to the last week passed (e.g. 25 weeks and 5 days is 26 weeks gestation).
how many weeks is a full term pregnancy ? - ANSWER 38-42 weeks
An infant born before ___ weeks is considered preterm - ANSWER 38
An infant born between _____ and _____weeks is called late preterm -
ANSWER 34 and 37
An infant born after ____ weeks is considered post term - ANSWER 42
what does PMA refer to? - ANSWER PMA refers to the infant's increasing age in
relation to first day of period
Infants born weighing more than ________g (_____lbs) are considered average in
size - ANSWER 2500 g (5.5 lbs.)
Infants born weighing between ______ to ______ g is termed low birth weight
(LBW) - ANSWER 1500 to 2500g.
Infants born weighing between ______ to ______ g are very low birth weight
(VLBW) - ANSWER 1000-1500 g
Infants born weighing less than ______ g are considered extremely low birth
weight (ELBW) - ANSWER 1000 g
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