NICU Terms

3. person who performs specific tests ordered by the doctor.
10. A breakdown product of red blood cells
11. Nurse Practitioner registered nurse with Master's Degree training in neonatology
12. An elevated level of bilirubin in the blood
14. less than the normal number of red blood cells in the blood.
15. The cessation of breathing.
16. pastor, priest, minister, or rabbi who offers spiritual care to familie
17. Coordinator nurse who will help plan developmental follow-up for some babies.
19. Technician staff who care for the supplies and tidiness of the NICU.

1. Resident medical doctor training in pediatrics.
2. Unit Secretary (Nursing Care Technician)
4. Puffy skin from a build-up of fluid in body tissues.
5. pediatrician who takes care of sick or premature newborns.
6. yellow coloration of the skin and eyes caused by increased amounts of bilirubin in the blood
7. medical doctor trained in pediatrics.
8. Existing at the time of birth.
9. abnormally slow heart rate.
13. special lights used in the treatment of jaundice; see JAUNDICE.
18. PRESSURE pressure of the blood in the arteries with each pulsation of the heart.