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(Exam 1) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Exam Questions and Answers 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...

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(Exam 1) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

(NICU) Exam Questions and Answers


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 emergency

care for complications; small community hospitals


Level II NICU: - ANSWER✔✔-Usually in urban areas; able to manage most maternal and neonatal

complications; transitional care nursery; in-house anesthesia; ventilation; neonatal monitoring; 24-hour

blood gas; radiography / ultrasonography, nutritional and respiratory therapy


Examples:


Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, Maine


Maine General, Augusta, Maine




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Level III NICU: - ANSWER✔✔-Full range of maternal and neonatal care; able to care for the most complex

neonatal conditions; neonatologist on staff; pediatric surgeon on staff; geneticist, radiologist,

anesthesiologists, and epidemiologist on staff


Examples:


Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine


Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Maine


Level IV NICU: - ANSWER✔✔-Similar to level III but can provide on-site surgical repair for serious birth

defects; also provide training to lower level NICUs


Examples:


Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA


Gestational age: - ANSWER✔✔-Gestational age: the total number of weeks the infant spent in utero

before birth


Chronological age: - ANSWER✔✔-Chronological age: the number of weeks / months / years since infant's

birth


Corrected Age: - ANSWER✔✔-Corrected age: the age the infant would be had she been born at term


Example: 27 weeks GA; 40 - 27 = 13 weeks premature; this number is subtracted from the chronological

age to get the corrected age. An infant turning 12 months old would have the corrected age of 9 months

(12 months - 13 weeks)


Gestational vs. Corrected Age - ANSWER✔✔-Under-correction: normal; infants would present as delayed

if their age was left uncorrected


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