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
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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