The perinatal nurse is assisting the student nurse with completion of documentation. The laboring woman has just given birth to a 2700 gram infant at 36 weeks' gestation. The most appropriate term for this is:
a. Preterm birth
b. Term birth
c. Small for gestational age infant
d. Large for gestational age infant
ANS: a
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a. A preterm infant is an infant with gestational age of fewer than 36 completed weeks.
b. Term births are infants born between 37 and 40 weeks.
c. SAG infants at 36 weeks weigh less than 2000 grams.
d. LAG infants at 36 weeks weigh over 3400 grams.
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