APGAR Practice Questions | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version

A nurse in a newborn nursery receives a phone call to prepare for the admission of a 43-week gestation newborn with Apgar scores of 1 and 4. In planning for the admission of this infant, the nurse's highest priority should be too: A. Connect the resuscitation bag to the oxygen outlet B. Turn on the apnea and Cartier respiratory monitors C. Set up the intravenous line with 5% dextrous in water D. Set the radiant warmer control temperature at 36.5ﾟC (97.6ﾟF) - A. Connect the resuscitation bag to the oxygen outlet The highest priority on admission to the nursery for a newborn with low Apgar scores is airway, which would involve preparing respiratory resuscitation equipment. The other options are also important, although they are of lower priority. A newborn has a strong cry and is actively moving his blue extremities when stimulated. It did. Vital signs are P140, R48. What is his Apgar score? - 9 A1 P2 G2 A2 R2 You are assessing the one minute Apgar score for a newborn. She is pink all over and has a pulse of 130. As you dry her off she begins to cry vigorously and kick her legs. Her Apgar score is? - 10 A2 P2 G2 A2 R2 You just delivered a baby boy. His body is pink, but his hands and feet are blue. Vital signs are P110, R rapid and irregular. He has a weak cry when stimulated and resists attempts to straighten his legs. His APGAR score is? - 7