ORAL CARE
The best option for oral care, when available
What is Expressed Breast Milk
Early Onset Sepsis criteria
What is First 72 hours of life?
NEMU method
What is placement for feeding tube (Nose, ear, mid xiphoid, umbilicus)?
Pulmonary surfactant used to treat RDS in preterm infants.
What is Curosurf?
Infants < 1,000 grams and <28 weeks
What is extremely low birth weight infant?
Oral care infant candidates
What is NPO, Intubated, Enteral feeds only?
Late onset criteria
What is greater than 72 hours after birth?
Expressed breast milk verified by bedside RN
What is patient label, name, DOB, MRN #?
Signs of Respiratory Distress in a neonate
What is grunting, nasal flaring, retractions, tachypnea?
Outer layer of epidermis that provides skin barrier & controls TEWL.
What is Stratum Corneum?
Name, DOB, MRN#
What are Patient identifiers for expressed breast milk oral care?
E. Coli and Group B streptococcus
What is most common bacteria in NICU?
Fresh Expressed breast milk expiration
What is 96 hours?
Alveoli collapsed with increased density on x-ray
What is atelectasis?
ELBW skin appearance
What is thin, permeable, gelatinous?
Steps to suction infant orally
What is suction mouth & oropharynx?
NICU Septic workup
What is Blood culture, m-diff, blood gas
Fortified expressed milk expiration
What is 24 hours?
Term infants with ineffective clearance of amniotic fluid from lungs, seen shortly after birth.
What is Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn?
Humidification steps for ELBW infant
What is humidity initially @ 70-90-%, DOL 8 decrease to 50%?
Locations to swab infant for oral care
What is Swab infants' tongue, gums, buccal area, ETT, and OG
Early onset gram negative and gram-positive medications
What is Ampicillin & Gentamycin?
Clinical presentation abdominal distention with pneumatosis on x-ray
What is NEC?
Asymmetry of chest, and history of PPV
What is pneumothorax?
4 Risk factors for ELBW infants
What is Respiratory distress, infection, cold stress, IVH?