Download Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Exam Questions and Answers and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! Peds Ch. 21- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Exam Questions with Answers Neonatal Therapists can come from what profession? - Correct answer OT, PT, SLP Recommended experience before practicing as a Neonatal Therapist? - Correct answer 2 year pediatric experience before starting 6 months of being mentored. Additional continuing education is essential Level I Nursery Classification - Correct answer routine Level II Nursery Classification - Correct answer intermediate, special care nursery at or less than 32 weeks, can provide continuous positive airway pressure Level III Nursery Classification - Correct answer neonatal intensive care for extremely high-risk new-born infants with critical illness and who are extremely preterm Level IV Nursery Classification - Correct answer provide onsite surgical repair of serious congenital or acquired malformations, provide outreach education to area NICUs Gestational Age - Correct answer how far along pregnancy is, first day of women's last menstrual cycle to current date Post conceptual Age - Correct answer weeks of age at birth + weeks of age since birth Chronologic Age - Correct answer number of years person has lived Corrected Age - Correct answer Actual age in weeks minus Weeks Premature Full Term - Correct answer 38-42 weeks Preterm - Correct answer any infant born before 38 weeks Late preterm - Correct answer born between 34-38 weeks postterm - Correct answer born after 42 weeks Low birth weight - Correct answer 1500-2500 grams Very low birth weight - Correct answer 1000-1500 grams extremely low birth weight - Correct answer <1000 grams ultra low birth weight - Correct answer <750 grams appropriate for gestational age - Correct answer birth weight between 10th & 90th percentile large for gestational age (LGA) - Correct answer birth weight greater than 90th percentile small for gestational age (SGA) - Correct answer birth weight less than 10th percentile average birth weight - Correct answer 5.5 lbs or greater Neonatal Integrative Developmental Care Model - Correct answer 1. Healing Environment 2. partnering with families 3. positioning and handling 4. safeguarding sleep 5. minimizing stress and pain 6. protecting skin 7. optimizing nutrition Animate Environment - Correct answer presence and activities of people Inanimate Environment - Correct answer physical properties of light and sound in NICU, gravity and temperature also significant Sensory Environment - Correct answer temperature, touch, sound/noise, light what is Kangaroo Care? - Correct answer skin-to-skin contact Thermosynchrony - Correct answer process in skin-to-skin contact where parent's chest increase or decreases by 1-2 degrees to heat or cool infant What is temperature that should be maintained for preemies? - Correct answer 36.5- 37.5 degrees Celsius - using incubators, or radiant warmers Touch & Proprioception - Correct answer -massage only with neonatal touch & massage certification -massage: active engagement between infant & caregiver, not done to but with baby -disorganizing prior to 32 weeks post conception Auditory learning and memory requires - Correct answer 1. low background level noise 2. hear & recognize differences in pitch, pattern intensity, & rhythm 3. protected sleep cycles with emphasis on REM sleep, especially after 32 weeks gestation
