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jon_i

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on: Jun 28, 2018
An NICU nurse is caring for several infants who are being treated for hypothermia. Which baby can be dressed and taken out of the warmer?
 
  A.
  Skin pale but pink
  B.
  Sucks vigorously
  C.
  Temperature 97.4 F (36.3 C)
  D.
  Temperature 98.2 F (36.7 C)

Question 2

A nurse is preparing to admit a newborn to the NICU who weighs 1,750 g. What classification does the nurse use to describe this infant?
 
  A.
  Extremely low birth weight
  B.
  Low birth weight
  C.
  Normal birth weight
  D.
  Very low birth weight


DHRUVSHAH

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Reply #1 on: Jun 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
When the newborn is able to maintain her or his own temperature above 97.7 F (36.5 C), the nurse can switch the baby to air mode and dress him or her. The physical manifestations do not dictate the timing of this switch. The baby with a temperature of 97.4 F (36.3 C) is too cold to take out of the warmer.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
A normal birth weight baby is between the 10th and 90th percentile on the developmental growth chart for developmental age. A low-birth-weight baby is a newborn weighing less than 2,500 g. A very-low-birth-weight infant weighs less than 1,500 g, and an extremely low-birth-weight infant weighs less than 1,000 g.


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