Ready or Not?
This term describes the cheese like coating of the skin in a preterm infant.
Vernix Caseosa
This term relates to being below the 10th percentile for weight in relation to gestational age.
Small for gestational age (SGA)
What condition results from lack of surfactant?
RDS (respiratory distress syndrome)
This condition occurs when the infant's body is overcome by an infection.
Sepsis
This is the best sleeping position to prevent SIDS.
Back to sleep
What position would be best to prevent intracerebral pressure?
Slight Semi-Fowlers
How does the skin look in a preterm infant?
Thin, transparent, and loose
This infant is born after 42 weeks gestation.
How long does the infant stop breathing to be considered apnea?
20 seconds or longer
This is the first symptom of cold stress.
Increased respiratory rate
This is the best position for a preterm infant in the NICU.
Side lying or prone
How would a nurse treat hypocalcemia in a newborn?
Calcium gluconate
The term for fine hair seen in abundance in preterm babies.
Lanugo
This term is used to describe an infant born between 34 weeks and 36 weeks, 6 days gestation.
Late Preterm
Between how many weeks gestation are steroids given to the mother in labor to stimulate the fetus to produce more surfactant?
24-34 weeks
What type of jaundice appears within 24 hours of life?
Pathologic Jaundice
What is the treatment for jaundice?
Phototherapy
How can nurse assess fluid status in a specifically in a newborn?
Fontanelles
What does the skin of a postterm infant look like?
Dry and cracked
How many grams is considered low birth weight?
<2500 grams
What condition can result in lung injury from prolonged use of mechanical oxygenation?
Brochopulmonary Dysplasia
What is one cause of hyperbilirubinemia?
ABO incompatibility
What intervention may be used to provide nutrition to a infant too ill to tolerate oral feedings?
TPN
What nursing responsibility is important when caring for infant with necrotizing entercolitis?
Measuring the abdomen
This condition is the cause of more deaths in the first year of life than birth defects themselves.
Preterm birth
This term is related to a infant born between 20 and 25 weeks gestation.
Periviable
What breathing condition can occur due to being posterm?
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS)
What blood level defines hypoglycemia in a preterm infant?
30mg/dL
What intervention can help with with stabilizing temperature, calming down the baby, and promote bonding?
Kangaroo Care
In what order does the assess for jaundice on the body?
Head, chest, legs
This standardized scoring system was designed to determine gestational age based on certain physical and neuromuscular characteristics.
Ballard Score
What should the urine output be for a preterm infant?
1-3 mL/kg per hour
What is the acceptable pulse ox percentage for a preterm infant with hypoxia?
92%
List 2 reasons a infant can experience cold stress.
Lack of brown fat
Hypoglycemia
Large BSA exposed
Heat center of brain immature
This eye condition occurs with high exposures to oxygenation and requires close follow up due to complications.
ROP
This term relates to maintaining body temperature without increasing work of breathing.
Neutral Thermal Environment