All About Safety
This feature on the ambu bag should always be OFF to avoid giving too much pressure when bagging.
What is the pop-off valve?
This is the range in which an infant's heart rate is considered WDL.
What is 100-160bpm?
This term describes how RN's are supposed to document on the patients in the flowsheets.
What is charting by exception?
This score helps to determine if a patient is properly positioned.
What is the IPAT score?
This type of medication, when given to a mother during pregnancy, can help to enhance the lung maturity of the infant.
What are steroids?
These two identifiers are necessary for each patient to have.
What are the crib card and ID band?
This is how often any medical device that can be rotated should be rotated to protect skin integrity.
What is every 6 hours?
This score should be documented before every feeding (NG or PO) once a patient reaches 31 weeks corrected gestational age.
What is the feeding readiness score?
This is the "age" that is used to determine where an infant is developmentally.
What is corrected gestational age?
This is what can potentially happen to the infant after birth when a mother has diabetes during pregnancy.
What is hypoglycemia?
The flowmeter that on the wall where the ambu bag is hooked up should be set at ___liters.
What is 10 liters?
This is the setting on either the isolette or radiant warmer that is needed when a patient has temperature instability (hint: this allows the bed to do the work of adjusting to keep the patient within the appropriate temperature range).
What is servo- or skin-control?
This type of education is a requirement when a new medication is ordered for a patient.
What is first dose education?
This is how often baths are done on infants who are less than 40 weeks corrected gestational age.
What is every 4 days?
This is a concern for the infant when a mother had a positive GBS status during a previous pregnancy.
What is a positive GBS culture for the current pregnancy?
These are the two places you should find an emergency drug sheet for your patient.
What are at the bedside and in the hard chart?
This is the order in which you measure an infant for NG/OG depth.
What is nare or lip to ear lobe to halfway between the xyphoid process and umbilicus?
These are the two different pain scales used the most in the NICU.
What are NIPS and NPASS?
Positioning an infant with the hands touching the _____ is ideal for development.
What is the face?
This is the name for the first milk that a mom produces (usually for the first 5 days after an infant is born).
What is colostrum?
This is how often an OG/NG tube has to be changed on an infant who is less than 2kg.
What is every 7 days (weekly)?
These two measurements are necessary to complete once a shift if the infant has a central line in place.
What are extremity circumference and chest circumference?
This is how often an IV should be both assessed and documented on.
What is hourly?
These are the three different types of therapists that see the NICU patients.
What are Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy?
This is the number of times a mom should be pumping each day in order to establish and promote her milk supply.
What is 8 times a day?