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mckennatimberlake

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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


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Reply #1 on: Jun 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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

Answer to Question 2

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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.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 28, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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