The apgar scale - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is the apgar scale? -Assessment tool used to assess the newborn at 1 min interval and then again at 5 mins. If less than 7 then continue to assess every 5 mins until newborn is stable APGAR components Respiratory rate, HR, muscle tone, reflex irritability and colour how to calculate an APGAR score Each component is evaluated out of 2 No pulse: 0, less than 100bpm: 1, steady and more than 100bpm: 2 when and why an RN uses APGAR After 1 minute of life Assesses transition to e...

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what is APGAR? scale to assess how a baby is reacting to life outside of the uterus that is checked 1 min and then 5 min after birth - score 0-10, 10 perfect babies (rare) what does the 1st A in APGAR assess? A - appearance (0-2) or color cyanotic or pale = 0 appropriate body color, but blue extremities = 1 completely appropriate color = 2 what does the P in APGAR assess? P - pulse (0-2) absent hr = 0 hr <100 = 1 hr > 100 = 2 what does the G in APGAR assess? G - grimace (0-2) or reflex ...

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at the time of conception correct answers A child's inherited characteristics are determined 46 chromosomes correct answers The zygote contains the genetic information from parents. It is represented by a total of: DNA correct answers The genetic information is encoded in alcohol intake correct answers The nurse is reviewing the client's prenatal history. Which of the following would be considered a teratogen? dominant, recessive correct answers The brown-eyed pregnant client a...

Normal Newborn Heart Rate - ANSWER 110-150 bpm Apgar scale - ANSWER appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration Appearance - ANSWER color of skin: red, pink, blue, white Activity - ANSWER vigorous or limp How many newborn signs are ranked when doing Apgar? - ANSWER 5 signs What are the 5 signs that are ranked during an Apgar score? - ANSWER heart rate respirations reflex response muscle tone color

APGARS and interventions assesment begins immediately after birth assessments of - respirations, crying - reflexes, irritability - heart rate, pulse - color, body and extremeties -tone (muscle tone) interventions based upon these assessments to begin immediately Do NOT wait for one minute APGAR to begin interventions - gives you a picture at the time how that baby is doing; a low score you cannot make assumptions - looking at airway, breathing, circulation - look at muscle tone - do it at one ...

when is the first assessment for the newborn performed immediately after birth Apgar scale a standard measurement system that looks for a variety of indications of good health in newborns Apgar of 7-10 indicate healthy newborn who may only need suctioning of the mouth and nose Apgar or 4-7 indicates a moderately depressed newborn who will need some resuscitation and close observation Apgar under 4 indicates a severely depressed neonate who will need resuscitation, possible ventilatory assistan...

NU 404 Unit 5 Exam Questions and Answers What is acrocyanosis? - Ans:-peripheral cyanosis; bluish discoloration of hands and feet in most newborns at birth that is a normal finding for the first 24 hr - may last for 7-10 days The Ballard scale is.... - Ans:-a gestational age assessment. - abbreviated scale determines gestational age. - Dubowitz score. Core values - Ans:-professional values In regards to maternal history, we need to know if mom has had... - Ans:-any communicable diseases...

What is the condition called where the hands and feet are cyanotic? - ANS- Acrocyanosis If this patient's HR is 160, Respirations are 60, baby is crying vigorously while being dried off, and the rest of the body is pink: then, what would you give as the APGAR score? - ANS- 9 What is this Boggy, edematous swelling of the fetal scalp that goes across the suture lines? - ANS- Caput succedaneum What is this Boggy, edematous swelling of the fetal scalp that goes across the suture lines? - ANSAc...