A nurse in the newborn nursery is caring for a group of newborns. Which of the following newborns requires immediate intervention?

You're assessing the one-minute APGAR score of a newborn baby. On assessment, you note the following about your newborn patient: weak cry, some flexion of the arm and legs, active movement and cries to stimulation, heart rate 145, and pallor all over the body and extremities. What is your patient's APGAR score?

A nurse is preparing to administer Ringer’s lactate by continuous IV infusion at 120 mL/hr. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 60 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min?
(Round the answer to the nearest whole number/tenth. Use a leading I zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is caring for a client who has just delivered a newborn. The nurse notes secretions bubbling out of the newborn’s nose and mouth. Which of the following actions is the nurse’s priority?

A nurse is caring for a newborn delivered by vaginal birth with a vacuum assist. The newborn’s mother asks about the swollen area on her son’s head. After palpation to identify that the swelling crosses the suture line, which of the following is an appropriate response by the nurse?

A new mother states that her infant must be cold because the baby’s hands and feet are blue. This common and temporary condition is called what?

A nurse in the nursery is caring for a newborn. The grandmother of the newborn asks if she can take the newborn to the mother's room. Which of the following is an appropriate response by the nurse?

A nurse on the labor and delivery unit is caring for a newborn immediately following birth. Which of the following actions by the nurse reduces evaporative heat loss by the newborn?

A nurse is caring for a newborn and auscultates an apical heart rate of 130/min. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is assessing a newborn immediately following a scheduled cesarean delivery.

Which of the following assessments is the nurse’s priority?

A nurse places a newborn under a radiant heat warmer after birth. The purpose of this action is to prevent which of the following in the newborn?