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NICU Crossword Puzzle Exercise

Puzzle Type: Educational
Clinical Director: Melissa Hinshaw
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Proper format for collaborative and effective communication between providers
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Often used for fetal neuroprotection of the preterm infant (2 words)
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Patient advocate who is formally educated and trained to care for the sick
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Another term for skin-to-skin contact
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Drug often used with apnea of prematurity
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Use of this product has increased over the years as a comfort measure during painful procedures
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Prolonged stationary ______ and necessary interventions can lead to deformations of the infant
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An approach to plan, deliver and evaluate healthcare grounded in mutually beneficial partnerships between healthcare providers, patients, and families (3 words)
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NICU infants risk positional anomalies such as scaphocephaly, torticollis, and _______
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A built-in self-sustained 24-hour clock
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Secure relationships help form these connections in the rapidly developing newborn brain
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We encourage all parents, especially breastfeeding mothers, to minimize this
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Neuroprotective strategies protect the developing _______
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Individualized ______ ______ in the NICU has been shown to decrease the length of hospital stays and cost (2 words)
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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Structured auditory intervention used to achieve specific therapeutic goals and improve clinical condition
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This term addresses specific interventions that support the healing environment (2 words)
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An evidence-based, cost-effective way to reduce pain in infants
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Results when unconjugated bilirubin binds to skin in sufficient amount to cause yellow discoloration
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Professional caregivers recognize that premature and medically fragile infants are at risk for positional _________
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This type of care allows for consistency and routine in the NICU
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In the NICU parents should be considered ________ in care
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Newborn child less than 4 weeks old
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Cycled lighting of this nature will protect infant's sleep
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This is critical to brain health at any age, but especially for the high-risk newborn
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Acute brain injury due to asphyxia