APGAR Newborn Assessment Score Scale Test Made Easy w, NCLEX Practice Questions

APGAR newborn assessment score scale (made easy) is a quick test used to assess the status of a newborn after birth. APGAR is used to assess a newborn at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth. If the score is 6 or less the newborn will be assessed again at 10 minutes after birth. The word APGAR is a mnemonic for the categories assessed during the APGAR score assessment. The letters of APGAR stand for the following: Appearance (skin color), Pulse (heart rate), Grimace (reflex irritability), Activity (muscle tone), Respiratory (effort). Each category is scored 02 and the higher the score the better the baby is doing. A score of ten is the highest score a newborn can score. For the NCLEX exam and lecture exams, the nursing student should be familiar with the nursing interventions for a newborn based on an APGAR score. APGAR scores 710 require normal postdelivery care, scores 46 require some resuscitation measures such as oxygen, suction and stimulating the newborn, and scores 03 require full resuscitation measu