NICU NURSING EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

NICU NURSING EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS What is a high risk neonate? - correct answer a newborn, regardless of gestational age or birth weight, who has greater than average chance of morbidity or mortality due to conditions associated with birth and the transition to extrauterine life How do we classify high risk neonates? - correct answer Weight Growth Gestational Age What is considered a low birth weight of a high risk neonate? - correct answer <2500 grams What is considered a very low birth weight of a high risk neonate? - correct answer <1500 grams What is considered an extremely low birth weight for a high risk neonate? - correct answer <1000 grams What are the growth classifications of a high risk neonate? - correct answer -intrauterine growth restriction (how they were growing in utero) -small for gestational age (can have normal growth but still just small, <10%) -large f