NICU Questions and Answers
What does NICU stand for?
neonatal intensive care unit
what percentage of children born prematurely will be approved for services?
90% (and they really do need services)
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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
Infants born less than ______ g are ultralow birth weight (ULBW) - answer 750 g
what percentile range for birth weight is considered appropriate gestation age? - answer
Birth weight between the 10th and 90th percentile is appropriate gestation age (AGA)
usually infants who is growing normally in utero.
Birth weight below the ____ percentile is small for gestational age (SGA) - answer
10th percentile
what kind of infants will be SGA? - answer Infants born to mothers who have
pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) will be SGA
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