NICU Nursing Exam Review | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version

What is a high risk neonate? - 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? - Weight Growth Gestational Age What is considered a low birth weight of a high risk neonate? - 2500 grams What is considered a very low birth weight of a high risk neonate? - 1500 grams What is considered an extremely low birth weight for a high risk neonate? - 1000 grams What are the growth classifications of a high risk neonate? - -intrauterine growth restriction (how they were growing in utero) -small for gestational age (can have normal growth but still just small, 10%) -large for gestational age (90%) What are the 3 gestational age classifications of a high risk neonate? - -premature infant /= 36 6/7 weeks -Term infant /= 37 0/7 weeks -Post-mature infant 42 weeks gestation What are the NICU risk factors? - -prematurity-low birth weight- may just be too small to stay warm -birth depression -high risk pregnancy -congenital anomalies What are the risk factors for prematurity - -teen pregnancy -advanced maternal age (35) -low socioeconomic status -drug use and tobacco use -history of preterm birth -multiple gestation (twins, triplets) -obesity -diabetes -hypertension -infection (moms PROM, UTI, viral infection) -infertility treatments: IVF, multiple