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Book 4 Unit 7

Select the one best answer to each question (unless otherwise instructed). Record your answers on the test.
A term baby with short bowel syndrome recently returned to your nursery from a regional perinatal center. Which of the following measurements is least important for you to monitor in this baby?
Two weeks ago, a 1,500-g (3 lb 5 oz), preterm baby returned to your hospital after 3 weeks in a regional perinatal center. The parents live in your town and have visited the baby once in the past 2 weeks. What would you do?
   
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Which of the following babies is at highest risk for developing hydrocephalus?
All of the following statements about retinopathy of prematurity are correct except
A preterm baby requires assisted ventilation and several weeks of intensive care at a regional perinatal center. Now the baby is stable, weighs 1,500 g (3 lb 5 oz), has no respiratory distress, and is returning to your nursery for further weight gain. Which of the following things should be done for this baby?
   
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A 4,540-g (10 lb) baby has seizures that are controlled with a certain drug dose. By the time the baby reaches 9,070 g (20 lb), he should be receiving twice as much medication
When a preterm baby reaches 1,500 g (3 lb 5 oz) and her respiratory disease has resolved, it is safe to assume the baby will not have an apneic spell.
Nipple feedings should be used for any baby who has a gag reflex and can suck on a nipple.
Babies with chronic lung disease can grow completely new, healthy lung tissue.
After a baby with hydrocephalus has a shunt placed, it is no longer necessary to measure the baby's head circumference .
It is a good sign if a baby with congenital heart disease gains 60 g (2 oz) or more per day for several days in a row.
Babies who require caffeine to control apneic spells may have the drug stopped and be sent home the next day, as long as they have reached a weight of 1,800 g (3 lb 15Yz oz).
Any baby with short bowel syndrome will need an ostomy (colostomy or ileostomy) for the rest of their life.
All of the following findings are common causes of anemia in preterm babies except
Which of the following things should you do when supplementing a baby's nipple feedings with tube feedings given through a nasogastric or an orogastric tube?
All of the following steps are important in weaning a baby from an incubator except
Indicate which of the following things should be routinely checked for a hospitalized baby with congenital heart disease and congestive heart failure:
   
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