FAU Advanced Health Assessment Practice Test

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What is the Apgar score for a male infant at 1 minute showing pink coloration, grimacing, flexing limbs, and a heart rate of 110?

The correct answer is: 8

The Apgar score is a quick assessment tool used to evaluate the health of a newborn immediately after birth. It assesses five criteria: Appearance (skin color), Pulse (heart rate), Grimace response (reflexes), Activity (muscle tone), and Respiration (breathing effort). Each category is scored on a scale from 0 to 2, with a maximum possible score of 10. In this scenario, the infant is showing: - Pink coloration, which indicates good oxygenation (score of 2 for Appearance). - Grimacing, reflecting a response to stimuli (score of 1 for Grimace response). - Flexing limbs indicates some activity but not fully active movements, so this would be scored as 1 for Activity. - A heart rate of 110 beats per minute is within the normal range for a newborn, which scores 2 for Pulse. - The description does not specify the infant's breathing effort, so it’s assumed to be normal and awarded a score of 2 for Respiration. When you add these scores together: - Appearance: 2 - Pulse: 2 - Grimace: 1 - Activity: 1 - Respiration: 2 This gives a total Ap