NICU RN A V1 CORRECT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔12.5 % - ✔✔What is the maximum glucose concentration that can be infused in a
peripheral IV?
✔✔Fatigue, long shifts, and overtime practices - ✔✔Which of the following are threats to
patient safety?
✔✔Tidal volume - ✔✔The amount of air that moves into or out of the lungs with each
single breath at rest is called:
✔✔23 to 24 weeks - ✔✔A Ballard exam shows the following physical findings: skin that
is red and translucent, sparse lanugo, no plantar creases, barely perceptible breast
buds, and fused eyelids. These findings are most consistent with which gestational age
range?
✔✔Necrotizing enterocolitis - ✔✔An acquired disease that is primarily seen in preterm
infants, characterized by feeding intolerance, bowel wall edema, and pneumatosis
intestinalis is called:
✔✔An infant born at 23 weeks gestation - ✔✔Which infant would have the greatest risk
for evaporative heat loss?
✔✔palivizumab (Synagis) - ✔✔Which of the following medications is given to high risk
preterm infants to prevent infection from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
✔✔Subgaleal hemorrhage - ✔✔Scalp swelling that can rapidly increase in size and
shape with significant acute blood loss, resulting in shock as the presenting symptom is
called?
, ✔✔1020 mcg - ✔✔Dopamine 5mcg/kg/min is ordered for a 3.4 kg infant with
hypotension. How many micrograms will this infant receive in one hour?
✔✔Have the mother hold the infant and explain signs and symptoms that demonstrate
instability of the infant - ✔✔The mother of an infant with persistent pulmonary
hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) requested to hold her infant. The infant's oxygen
saturation is greater than 94% at rest, blood pressure is stable, and is not on minimal
stimulation. The nurse's BEST intervention is to:
✔✔CBC with Differential, c-reactive protein, and blood culture - ✔✔A term infant is
delivered to a mother whose membranes were ruptured for 26 hours. The infant has
been breastfeeding well and is preparing to room in. On day of life 3, the RN's
assessment reveals weak central pulses, a heart rate of 200 beats per minute, and a
respiratory rate of 85 breaths per minute. The RN can anticipate which of the following
orders?
✔✔High degree of skin vascularity - ✔✔Which of the following is the reason why the
extremely low birth weight infant is susceptible to high transepidermal water loss
(TEWL)?
✔✔Blood pressure support including dopamine, epinephrine, and hydrocortisone -
✔✔Which of the following is included in the initial treatment of septic shock?
✔✔alprostadil (Prostaglandin E1) - ✔✔Which of the following drugs is used to maintain
patency of the ductus arteriosus for infants with ductal dependent cardiac defects?
✔✔Right wrist - ✔✔You are asked to place a pulse oximetry probe preductally for an
infant with suspected pulmonary hypertension. Which of the following is preductal site?
✔✔Birth trauma - ✔✔Morbidities associated with the large for gestational age infant
include:
✔✔Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy - ✔✔Total body cooling or selective head cooling
is a management option that has shown to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes for
infants with:
✔✔Decrease noise and lighting - ✔✔Which of the following nursing interventions
facilitate developmentally supportive care?
✔✔Consult the Lactation Nurse with the expectation of offering a nipple shield - ✔✔A
G1P1 breastfeeding mother has inverted nipples and her baby is unable to latch and
cries during feedings. The MOST appropriate response of the nurse is to:
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔12.5 % - ✔✔What is the maximum glucose concentration that can be infused in a
peripheral IV?
✔✔Fatigue, long shifts, and overtime practices - ✔✔Which of the following are threats to
patient safety?
✔✔Tidal volume - ✔✔The amount of air that moves into or out of the lungs with each
single breath at rest is called:
✔✔23 to 24 weeks - ✔✔A Ballard exam shows the following physical findings: skin that
is red and translucent, sparse lanugo, no plantar creases, barely perceptible breast
buds, and fused eyelids. These findings are most consistent with which gestational age
range?
✔✔Necrotizing enterocolitis - ✔✔An acquired disease that is primarily seen in preterm
infants, characterized by feeding intolerance, bowel wall edema, and pneumatosis
intestinalis is called:
✔✔An infant born at 23 weeks gestation - ✔✔Which infant would have the greatest risk
for evaporative heat loss?
✔✔palivizumab (Synagis) - ✔✔Which of the following medications is given to high risk
preterm infants to prevent infection from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
✔✔Subgaleal hemorrhage - ✔✔Scalp swelling that can rapidly increase in size and
shape with significant acute blood loss, resulting in shock as the presenting symptom is
called?
, ✔✔1020 mcg - ✔✔Dopamine 5mcg/kg/min is ordered for a 3.4 kg infant with
hypotension. How many micrograms will this infant receive in one hour?
✔✔Have the mother hold the infant and explain signs and symptoms that demonstrate
instability of the infant - ✔✔The mother of an infant with persistent pulmonary
hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) requested to hold her infant. The infant's oxygen
saturation is greater than 94% at rest, blood pressure is stable, and is not on minimal
stimulation. The nurse's BEST intervention is to:
✔✔CBC with Differential, c-reactive protein, and blood culture - ✔✔A term infant is
delivered to a mother whose membranes were ruptured for 26 hours. The infant has
been breastfeeding well and is preparing to room in. On day of life 3, the RN's
assessment reveals weak central pulses, a heart rate of 200 beats per minute, and a
respiratory rate of 85 breaths per minute. The RN can anticipate which of the following
orders?
✔✔High degree of skin vascularity - ✔✔Which of the following is the reason why the
extremely low birth weight infant is susceptible to high transepidermal water loss
(TEWL)?
✔✔Blood pressure support including dopamine, epinephrine, and hydrocortisone -
✔✔Which of the following is included in the initial treatment of septic shock?
✔✔alprostadil (Prostaglandin E1) - ✔✔Which of the following drugs is used to maintain
patency of the ductus arteriosus for infants with ductal dependent cardiac defects?
✔✔Right wrist - ✔✔You are asked to place a pulse oximetry probe preductally for an
infant with suspected pulmonary hypertension. Which of the following is preductal site?
✔✔Birth trauma - ✔✔Morbidities associated with the large for gestational age infant
include:
✔✔Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy - ✔✔Total body cooling or selective head cooling
is a management option that has shown to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes for
infants with:
✔✔Decrease noise and lighting - ✔✔Which of the following nursing interventions
facilitate developmentally supportive care?
✔✔Consult the Lactation Nurse with the expectation of offering a nipple shield - ✔✔A
G1P1 breastfeeding mother has inverted nipples and her baby is unable to latch and
cries during feedings. The MOST appropriate response of the nurse is to:
