Terms
Definition of Late preterm
What is infants born between 34 0/7 and 36 6/7 weeks of gestation
What do you anticipate you will be placing for an infant with poor suck, swallow, gag reflex; inability to tolerate holding and respiratory distress
What is a Nasogastric tube?
System used to assess gestational age from 20-44 weeks
What is the New Ballard Score?
The bowel pushes through a hole and then develops outside of the body in the amniotic fluid
What is Gastroschisis?
Injury to vessels in eye leads to new growth of abnormally developed vessels; can result in blindness; occurs most often in infants less than 1250 grams
What is Retinopathy of premature (ROP)?
A method of providing skin to skin contact to keep infants warm
What is kangaroo care?
Infant's temp is 97, Resp rate is 46, Heart rate is 138 and Sats 98% on RA. Infant is PO feeding EBM, 15cc's Q3hrs. It is 15 minutes past the scheduled feeding time, what is your first priority?
What is hold the feed and warm the infant?
Posture of most preterm infants
What is extension?
Tachypnea, tachycardia, nasal flaring, cyanosis, retractions, grunting
What are signs of respiratory distress?
Defect in which the bowel, liver and other abdominal organs are covered by the same membrane as the umbilical cord
What is Omphalocele?
Cessation of breathing for 5-10 seconds with no other changes followed by 10-15 seconds of rapid breathing
What is periodic breathing?
Coordination of suck, swallow, and breathing; choking, gagging, and a respiratory rate less than 60 are required to initiate this
What are oral feedings?
Abundant fine, soft hair that covers most premature infants
What is lanugo?
Alveoli collapse each time infant exhales and lungs become noncompliant and resist expansion in the absence of this substance
What is surfactant?
Defect that causes liquid to enter the lungs
What is T E Fistula?
CPAP is the acronym for
What is continuous positive airway pressure?
This is used for positive oral stimulation; helps associate comfortable feeling of fullness with sucking, it is nonnutritive
What is a pacifier?
Little cartilage present in assessment of this structure; folds over easily
What is the ear?
Bleeding that results from rupture of blood vessels in the germinal matrix, associated with BP changes, respiratory distress; Graded 1-4
What is intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)?
Increased abdominal girth, absent bowel sounds, occult blood in stools, respiratory difficulty
What is NEC?
Cool skin temp, poor feeding, hypoglycemia, poor weight gain, respiratory distress
What are signs of inadequate thermoregulation?
Nipple feedings require more energy than enteral feedings. True or false?
What is true?
Translucent, thin, visible veins in the assessment of this structure.
What is the skin?
Chronic lung disease; damage due to prolonged dependence on supplemental oxygen occurs most often in infants less than 32 weeks of gestational age
What is bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)?
These spots, Caf'e au lait and freckles under the arm or around the groin could indicate this genetic problem
What is Neurofibromatosis ?