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mckennatimberlake · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

A nurse assesses a newborn as follows: heart rate is 112 beats/minute; respiratory effort: slow, irregular, with a weak cry; muscle tone: some flexion of the extremities; reflex irritability: grimace; color: pink.

What Apgar score does the nurse give this infant?

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Question 2

Place the following cardinal movements in the order in which they occur as a fetus passes through the birth canal during a vertex-presentation birth.

A. _____ Flexion
B. _____ External rotation
C. _____ Descent
D. ____ Extension
E. _____ Restitution
F. _____ Internal rotation
G. ____ Expulsion

wfdfwc23 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS:
7
Heart rate: 2; respiratory effort: 1; tone: 1; reflex irritability: 1; color: 2; total = 7

Answer to Question 2

ANS:
A: 2, B: 6, C:1, D: 4, E: 5, F: 3, G: 7
The order of the cardinal movements (mechanisms of labor) occur as follows: descent, flexion, internal rotation, extension, restitution, external rotation, expulsion.