Newborn Assessment ATI Maternal Newborn Chapter 23 Exam Questions with Correct Answers
What is the most critical extrauterine adjustment for the newborn? Correct answer the most critical extrauterine adjustment as air inflates the lungs with the first breath - establishment if respiratory function Happens with the cutting of the umbilical cord Physiologic response of newborn -circulatory changes occur with the expulsion of the placenta and the cutting of the umbilical cord as a newborn begins breathing independently. What shunts close? Correct answer the three shunts functionally close during a newborns transition to extrauterine life with the flow of oxygenated blood in the lungs and readjustment of atrial blood pressure in the heart. 1. Ductus arterious 2. Ductus venous 3. Formmen ovale What is an apgar score? When it it done? Correct answer system of scoring an infant's physical condition at 1 and 5 minutes after birth. This allows the nurse to rapidly assess extrauterine adaption and intervene with appropriate nursing actions Apgar scoring correct answer a = appearance 2 = completely pink 1= pink body, blue hands and feet 0 = blue, pale P = pulse 2 = 100 1 = 100 0 = absent G = grimance/reflex irritbaility
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