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.
The nurse needs to inform the patient with impaired vision when a touch is to occur and ask permissi
Position of patient to assess jugular vein distention
Infant Swaddling
Deliver abdominal thrusts to the supine unconscious patient.
Weighing an infant
The Central Nervous System Includes the Brain and Spinal Cord