APGAR Scenarios Flashcards
You’re assessing the one-minute APGAR score of a newborn baby. On assessment, you note the following about your newborn patient: heart rate 130, pink body and hands with cyanotic feet, weak cry, flexion of the arms and legs, active movement, and crying when stimulated.
What is your patient’s APGAR score?
APGAR 7
A - 1
P - 2
G - 1
A - 2
R - 1
You’re assessing the one-minute APGAR score of a newborn baby. On assessment, you note the following about your newborn patient: heart rate 101, cyanotic body and extremities, no response to stimulation, no flexion of extremities, and strong cry.
What is your patient’s APGAR score?
APGAR 6
A - 0
P - 2
G - 2
A - 0
R - 2
You’re assessing the one-minute APGAR score of a newborn baby. On assessment, you note the following about your newborn patient: weak cry, some flexion of the arm and legs, active movement and cries to stimulation, heart rate 145, and pallor all over the body and extremities.
What is your patient’s APGAR score?
APGAR 6
A - 0
P - 2
G - 1
A - 2
R - 1
A newborn’s five-minute APGAR score is 5.
Which of the following interventions will you provide to this newborn?
A. Routine post-delivery care
B. Continue to monitor and reassess the APGAR score in 10 minutes.
C. Some resuscitation assistance such as oxygen and rubbing baby’s back and reassess APGAR score.
D. Full resuscitation assistance is needed and reassess APGAR score.
C. Some resuscitation assistance such as oxygen and rubbing baby’s back and reassess APGAR score.
A newborn’s five minute APGAR score is 5. When would you reassess the APGAR score?
A. 2 minutes after the previous APGAR assessment
B. 15 minutes after the previous APGAR assessment
C. 5 minutes after the previous APGAR assessment
D. No reassessment of the APGAR score is needed
C. 5 minutes after the previous APGAR assessment
You’re assessing the five-minute APGAR score of a newborn baby. On assessment, you note the following about your newborn patient: pink body and hand with cyanotic feet, heart rate 109, grimace to stimulation, flaccid, and irregular cry.
What is your patient’s APGAR score?
APGAR 7
A - 1
P - 2
G - 2
A - 0
R - 2
You’re assessing the five-minute APGAR score of a newborn baby. On assessment, you note the following about your newborn patient: heart rate 97, no response to stimulation, flaccid, absent respirations, cyanotic throughout.
What is your patient’s APGAR score?
APGAR 1
A - 0
P - 1
G - 0
A - 0
R - 0
A newborn’s one-minute APGAR score is 8. Which of the following interventions will you provide to this newborn?
A. Routine post-delivery care
B. Full resuscitation assistance is needed and reassess APGAR score
C. Continue to monitor and reassess the APGAR score in 10 minutes
D. Some resuscitation assistance such as oxygen
A. Routine post-delivery care
A neonatal patient has a pink color, a pulse rate of 102, and a respiration rate of 27. She grimaces in response to stimuli, has limited muscle movement.
What is your patient’s APGAR score?
APGAR 7
A newborn’s breathing rate is normally 40 to 60 breaths per minute.
A - 2
P - 2
G - 2
A - 1
R - 0
A newborn has a strong cry and is actively moving his blue extremities when stimulated. Vital signs are P140, R48.
What is your patient’s APGAR score?
APGAR 8
A - 0
P - 2
G - 2
A - 2
R - 2
What is a typical one-minute APGAR score for a newborn?
A. APGAR 8-10
B. APGAR 9-10
C. APGAR 7-8
D. APGAR 6-9
C. APGAR 7-8
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It has been 5 minutes since your patient delivered her baby. The infant is crying weakly and is curling his arms and legs but doesn’t resist straightening. He is pink all over with a pulse of 90 and weak respirations.
What is your patient’s APGAR score?
APGAR 6
A -
P -
G -
A -
R -
After assisting in the delivery of a newborn the infant is pale and limp, has a slow heartbeat but shows some respiratory effort.
What is your patient’s APGAR score?
APGAR 2
A - 0
P - 1
G - 0
A - 0
R - 1
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.
What is your patient’s APGAR score?
APGAR 7
A - 1
P - 2
G - 1
A - 2
R - 1
A newly delivered infant has a pink trunk and blue hands and feet, a pulse rate of 60, and does not respond to your attempts to stimulate her. She also appears to be limp and taking slow, gasping breaths.
What is your patient’s APGAR score?
APGAR 3
A - 1
P - 1
G - 0
A - 0
R - 1
One minute after birth, your newborn patient is actively crying in response to your bulb syringe. His body is pink, and he is moving his extremities which are blue. His heart rate is 110.
What is your patient’s APGAR score?
APGAR 9
A - 1
P - 2
G - 2
A - 2
R - 2
Starting at which number on the APGAR score should you need to start resuscitation efforts?
A. APGAR 5
B. APGAR 6
C. APGAR 7
D. APGAR 9
B. APGAR 6
