Hot & Cold
This mechanism, otherwise known as nonshivering thermogenesis, is the most important means of heat production in the neonate.
What is Brown Fat Metabolism
This can be done every 3-4 days with parents on either shift.
This condition is one of the most common respiratory problems in neonates and is defined by the cessation of breathing for 20 seconds or more if accompanied by cyanosis, pallor, or bradycardia.
What is apnea of prematurity?
Safety equipment required at every NICU beside
What are
Bag w/correct mask
monitor alarms set correctly
emergency drug sheet
wall suction (80-100 mmHg)
bulb syringe
A multidisciplinary approach to NICU care that allows for periods of care followed by good rest for the baby.
What is clustered care?
This mode is used to maintain a baby's temp at a constant temperature by changing the environment around the baby when the infant is under phototherapy lights.
What is baby mode/servo/skin mode?
The process for assessing an PIV that is infusing.
What is flushing, comparing extremities, feeling, looking for redness, swelling, or hardness ?
List 4 signs/symptoms of respiratory distress
What is nasal flaring, tugging, retractions, grunting, tachypnea, cyanosis, altered mental status?
Additional Check that you should do at the beginning of your shift and found ON the infant?
What is confirm patient ID bands?
The developmental technique that exposes the baby to certain intensities of light during the day and reducing light at night. This typically starts around 32 weeks gestation.
What is light cycling?
Add a hat, double swaddle, t-shirt with a sleeper, warmed blankets, or place back into an isolette.
What to do if the infant gets cold in a crib?
The name of the tab that you can review to make sure all of the admission required charting has been completed.
What is Required Doc?
Found in the Summary tab
The white, milky substance that is produced in the lungs to help keep our alveoli open during inhalation and exhalation.
What is surfactant?
Preventing falls in the NICU for an infant in an isolette
What is ensuring isolette portholes are closed and side walls are locked?
A technique that can allow parents to provide touch if they are unable to hold their baby.
What is a hand hug, containment or therapeutic touch?
The hormone released in response to cold stress
What is norepinephrine?
The normal temperature range for a NICU baby
What is 36.5C - 37.5C?
A disease state that is caused by delayed clearance of lung fluid after birth, commonly seen after a c-section.
What is Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)?
A good review of this at the beginning and throughout your shift. Goal is to review every 2 hours.
What are orders in Epic?
The four key concepts to consider when thinking about positioning a NICU baby.
What are flexion, midline, containment, and comfort?
The car seat test requires 2 different charting times.
What are the start and stop times?
A common respiratory disease in neonates caused by their insufficiency of surfactant production and structural immaturity of the lungs. S/S include increased work of breathing, retractions and grunting.
What is respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)?
Safety checks should include these if your baby is on respiratory support
What is checking your respiratory support settings and FiO2?
This is the last sense to develop in a neonate, but one that they are often overexposed to in the NICU.
What is the visual sense?