The NICU nurse's patient assignment includes an infant who is 25 weeks gestation. The nurse knows that according to the gestational age, this infant would be described as ________________.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
Question 2
The laboratory reported that the L/S ratio (lecithin/sphingomyelin) results from an amniocentesis of a gravid client with preeclampsia are 2:1. The nurse interprets the result as which of the following?
A) The baby's lung fields are mature.
B) The mother is high risk for hemorrhage.
C) The baby's kidneys are functioning poorly.
D) The mother is high risk for eclampsia.
Visual Acuity Testing: Assist the patient in occluding the eye.
Inflammation. Inflammation is characterized by the presence of swelling, redness, heat, and pain. Sw
An infant lying in the crib, looking at the mobiles hanging above him.
To clear an obstructed airway in an infant (A) use chest thrusts followed by (B) back blows.
Nurse administering enteral nutrition through a feeding tube.
Algorithm for assessing a patient at risk for suicide.