NCLEX-PN
NCLEX PN Reduction of Risk Potential Questions Questions
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A newborn has been delivered. An Apgar score is given. What does this scoring system indicate?
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Rationale: The Apgar scoring system was put into place by Virginia Apgar, an anesthesiologist in New York, for the purpose of assessing newborns in the areas of heart rate, respiratory effort, color, muscle tone, and reflex irritability at 1, 5, and sometimes 10 minutes after birth.
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