NARM: NEWBORN EXAM QUESTIONS
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
Limp
How many newborn signs are ranked when doing the APGAR - Answer -5 signs
What are the 5 signs that are ranked during an APAR score - Answer -Heart rate
Respirations
Reflex response
Muscle tone
Color
Heart Rate - Answer -abscent-0
Below 100-1
Above 100-2
Respiration - Answer -abscent-0
Weak cry-1
Strong cry-2
Reflex response - Answer -abscent-0
Grimace-1
Cough sneeze-3
Muscle tone - Answer -limp-0
Some flexion-1
Well flexed-2
Color - Answer -pale/blue-0
Body pink/ext. Blue-1
All pink-2
When do you preform an APGAR - Answer -1 minute and 5 minutes
General apperance - Answer -pink to red
Breathing well
Flexion good
, Head circumference - Answer -32-38 cm (13-15 inches)
Cephalhematoma - Answer -collection of blood between periosteum and skull bone that
it covers
Does not cross suture line
Results from trauma during birth
Caput succedaneum - Answer -diffuse edema of the fetal scalp that crosses the suture
lines. Reabsorbes within 1 to 3 days
Neck - Answer -supple with full range of motion
Eyes - Answer -no pus or discharge
Redness or tiny hemmorhage is normal
Ears - Answer -position of ears between eyes and mouth
Low lying ears is sign of congential abnormalities
Nose - Answer -open nostriles
Mouth - Answer -check cleft lip
Cleft palate
Sucking reflexes
Protruding tongue down syndrome
Chest - Answer -check respiratory rate
Retractions should not be present
Normal respirtation range is - Answer -40-60
As low as 30 when sleeping
Lungs - Answer -breathing sounds should be bilateral
And clear no grunting
Heart - Answer -regular rhythm
No abnormalities
Breasts - Answer -may see enlargement
Abdomen - Answer -palpate
Liver and spleen should not feel enlarged
Umbilical cord should have three vessels
No masses
Listen for bowel sounds
Genitalia - Answer -edema in both sexes is normal
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
Limp
How many newborn signs are ranked when doing the APGAR - Answer -5 signs
What are the 5 signs that are ranked during an APAR score - Answer -Heart rate
Respirations
Reflex response
Muscle tone
Color
Heart Rate - Answer -abscent-0
Below 100-1
Above 100-2
Respiration - Answer -abscent-0
Weak cry-1
Strong cry-2
Reflex response - Answer -abscent-0
Grimace-1
Cough sneeze-3
Muscle tone - Answer -limp-0
Some flexion-1
Well flexed-2
Color - Answer -pale/blue-0
Body pink/ext. Blue-1
All pink-2
When do you preform an APGAR - Answer -1 minute and 5 minutes
General apperance - Answer -pink to red
Breathing well
Flexion good
, Head circumference - Answer -32-38 cm (13-15 inches)
Cephalhematoma - Answer -collection of blood between periosteum and skull bone that
it covers
Does not cross suture line
Results from trauma during birth
Caput succedaneum - Answer -diffuse edema of the fetal scalp that crosses the suture
lines. Reabsorbes within 1 to 3 days
Neck - Answer -supple with full range of motion
Eyes - Answer -no pus or discharge
Redness or tiny hemmorhage is normal
Ears - Answer -position of ears between eyes and mouth
Low lying ears is sign of congential abnormalities
Nose - Answer -open nostriles
Mouth - Answer -check cleft lip
Cleft palate
Sucking reflexes
Protruding tongue down syndrome
Chest - Answer -check respiratory rate
Retractions should not be present
Normal respirtation range is - Answer -40-60
As low as 30 when sleeping
Lungs - Answer -breathing sounds should be bilateral
And clear no grunting
Heart - Answer -regular rhythm
No abnormalities
Breasts - Answer -may see enlargement
Abdomen - Answer -palpate
Liver and spleen should not feel enlarged
Umbilical cord should have three vessels
No masses
Listen for bowel sounds
Genitalia - Answer -edema in both sexes is normal
