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Maternity Nursing Exam I What are the priority areas of care from birth through the 1st 2 hours? What is the normal heart rate range for a newborn? What is the normal respiration rate for a newborn? What is the temperature range for a newborn? According to the Health Protection act of 1996 hea...

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Maternity Nursing Exam I

1). What are the priority areas of care from birth through the 1st 2 hours?

 Ans: Airway maintainence
Adequate oxygen supply
Maintain body temp
Eye prophylaxis
Vitamin K prophylaxis
Umbilical care
Promoting parent infant interaction
PKU screening


2). What is the normal heart rate range for a newborn?

 Ans: 100 to 160 taken for full 60 seconds


3). What is the normal respiration rate for a newborn?

 Ans: 30 to 60 taken for full 60 seconds


4). What is the temperature range for a newborn?

 Ans: 97.6 low to 100.2 high


5). According to the health protection act of 1996 health plans are required to allow the mother
and baby to remain in the hospital for how long? vaginal birth? cesarean birth?

 Ans: Vaginal birth- 48 hours
Cesarean birth-96 hours


6). What are the blood loss pad saturation assessments termed in order to show the amount of
saturation?

 Ans: Scant = less than 2.5 cm
Light= less than 10 cm
Moderate= greater than 10 cm
Heavy= one pad saturated within 2 hours




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, 7). What does the apgar acronym stand for?

 Ans: Appearance (skin color)
Pulse (heart rate)
Grimace (reflex irritability)
Activity (muscle tone)
Respiration


8). On the apgar assessment how is the "appearance" evaluated and scored?

 Ans: Appearance=Skin color, Blue, or pale=0 points, Body pink, extremities blue=1,
Completely pink=2


9). On the apgar assessment how is the "pulse" evaluated and scored?

 Ans: Pulse=Heart rate, Absent=0 points, less than 100 BPM=1 points, Greater than 100
BMP=2 points


10). On the apgar assessment how is the "grimace" evaluated and scored?

 Ans: Grimace=Reflex irritability, No response=0 points, Grimace=1 points, Cry=2 points


11). On the apgar assessment how is the "activity" evaluated and scored?

 Ans: Activity=Muscle tone, Flaccid= 0 points, Some flexion of extremites=1 points, Well
flexed=2 points


12). On the apgar assessment how is the "respiration" evaluated and scored?

 Ans: Respiration=Respiratory rate, Absent=0 points, Slow weak cry=1 points, Good
cry=2 points


13). According to the apgar scoring a score of 0-3 indicates what?

 Ans: Severe distress adjusting to extrauterine life


14). According to the apgar scoring a score of 4-6 indicates what?

 Ans: Moderate difficulty adjusting to extrauterine life


15). According to the apgar scoring a score of 7-10 indicates what?


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