NUR 359 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Apgar Score, Acrocyanosis, Mcdonaldland
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What is apgar? an easy and quick assessment tool used to assess the status of a newborn baby after birth. *apgar scoring is performed at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth and may be reassessed at 10 minutes (5 minutes later) after birth, if the score is 6 or less. Each category is scored 0-2 and added up for a score 0-10. The higher the score the better the baby is doing. It is rare to have a perfect 10 because most babies have acrocyanosis after birth where the feet and hands will be blue. Appearance: 0: pallor or blue all over, 1: body pink but extremities blue (hands and feet) acrocyanosis, 2: body and extremities all pink. Pulse: 0: absent, 1: <100 bpm, 2: >100 bpm. Grimace: 0: not response to stimulation, 1: grimace to stimulation (no cry, 2: cry and active movement to stimulation.
