8/26/25, 7:56
AM
NURS 352 THE NEWBORN EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED GRADED A+
Terms in this set (308)
with the transition to -pulmonary gas exchange
extrauterine life the -a neonatal cardio vascular pattern
newborn undergoes -a stable serum glucose level
many physiological
-thermoregulation
changes: these
changes involve the
establishment of:
assessment and hypoxia, cold stress, hypoglycemia, infection,
monitoring of polycythemia, hyperbilirubinemia
neonatal adaptation
is essential for early
detection of
complications such
as:
-vital signs (especially temp, rarely BP)
-nutrition
-elimination
newborn assessments -transition to extrauterine life
include:
-activity state
-umbilical cord
-glucose monitoring
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16
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AM
newborn assessments -bilirubin
included if indicated: -circumcision assessment
the Apgar score is resuscitation
indicative of the
need for __________
the Apgar score is asphyxia (deprivation of oxygen due to
NOT indicative of suffocation)
the degree of
the apgar scoring at one and five minutes of life and if needed at
takes place when? ten minutes
-heart rate
-respirations
5 categories of apgar -muscle tone
scoring -reflex irritability
-color
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16
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AM
0-2
apgar scoring; each -0= absent
category is on a -1= diminished
scale of -2= good
0= absent
apgar scoring; heart 1= <100
rate 2= >100
0= absent
apgar scoring; 1= weak cry;
respirations hypoventilatio
n 2= good,
strong cry
0= limp
apgar scoring; muscle 1= some flexion
tone 2= active motion
apgar scoring; reflex 0= no response
irritability 1= grimace
(aggressive drying) 2= cry, withdraws
0= blue or pale
apgar scoring; color 1= body pink,
extremities
blue 2=
completely
pink
the fetal lungs secrete lung fluid
________________
throughout
3/
16
AM
NURS 352 THE NEWBORN EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED GRADED A+
Terms in this set (308)
with the transition to -pulmonary gas exchange
extrauterine life the -a neonatal cardio vascular pattern
newborn undergoes -a stable serum glucose level
many physiological
-thermoregulation
changes: these
changes involve the
establishment of:
assessment and hypoxia, cold stress, hypoglycemia, infection,
monitoring of polycythemia, hyperbilirubinemia
neonatal adaptation
is essential for early
detection of
complications such
as:
-vital signs (especially temp, rarely BP)
-nutrition
-elimination
newborn assessments -transition to extrauterine life
include:
-activity state
-umbilical cord
-glucose monitoring
1/
16
,8/26/25, 7:56
AM
newborn assessments -bilirubin
included if indicated: -circumcision assessment
the Apgar score is resuscitation
indicative of the
need for __________
the Apgar score is asphyxia (deprivation of oxygen due to
NOT indicative of suffocation)
the degree of
the apgar scoring at one and five minutes of life and if needed at
takes place when? ten minutes
-heart rate
-respirations
5 categories of apgar -muscle tone
scoring -reflex irritability
-color
2/
16
, 8/26/25, 7:56
AM
0-2
apgar scoring; each -0= absent
category is on a -1= diminished
scale of -2= good
0= absent
apgar scoring; heart 1= <100
rate 2= >100
0= absent
apgar scoring; 1= weak cry;
respirations hypoventilatio
n 2= good,
strong cry
0= limp
apgar scoring; muscle 1= some flexion
tone 2= active motion
apgar scoring; reflex 0= no response
irritability 1= grimace
(aggressive drying) 2= cry, withdraws
0= blue or pale
apgar scoring; color 1= body pink,
extremities
blue 2=
completely
pink
the fetal lungs secrete lung fluid
________________
throughout
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