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APGAR Scoring Maternity NCLEX Quiz

Learn how to calculate a newborn’s APGAR score for the NCLEX exam with this practice quiz. APGAR scoring is a tool used to quickly assess a newborn’s health status after birth. It is important you know how to calculate the APGAR score when given a scenario and what nursing interventions to provide based on that score.

The NCLEX exam, along with other nursing exams such as lecture, HESI, or ATI, love to ask questions about calculating the APGAR score. I remember these questions from my nursing lecture exams. So, be very familiar with how to do it.

Don’t forget to check out our other NCLEX review quizzes for maternity nursing.

APGAR Questions Quiz NCLEX

This quiz will test your knowledge on APGAR scoring for the NCLEX exam (maternity nursing).

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Lecture on APGAR Scoring

APGAR NCLEX Practice Questions

1.  You’re assessing the one minute APGAR score of a newborn baby. On assessment, you note the following about your newborn patient: heart rate 130, pink body and hands with cyanotic feet, weak cry, flexion of the arms and legs, active movement and crying when stimulated. What is your patient’s APGAR score?

A.      APGAR 9

B.      APGAR 10

C.      APGAR 8

D.      APGAR 5

2.       You’re assessing the one minute APGAR score of a newborn baby. On assessment, you note the following about your newborn patient: heart rate 101, cyanotic body and extremities, no response to stimulation, no flexion of extremities, and strong cry. What is your patient’s APGAR score?

A.      APGAR 4

B.      APGAR 6

C.      APGAR 3

D.      APGAR 2

3.       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.      APGAR  5

B.      APGAR 9

C.      APGAR 12

D.      APGAR 6

4. A newborn’s five minute APGAR score is 5. Which of the following nursing interventions will you provide to this newborn?

A. Routine post-delivery care

B. Continue to monitor and reassess the APGAR score in 10 minutes.

C. Some resuscitation assistance such as oxygen and rubbing baby’s back and reassess APGAR score.

D. Full resuscitation assistance is needed and reassess APGAR score.

5. Regarding the scenario in the question above, when would you reassess the APGAR score?

A. 2 minutes after the previous APGAR assessment

B. 15 minutes after the previous APGAR assessment

C. 5 minutes after the previous APGAR assessment

D. No reassessment of the APGAR score is needed

6. You’re assessing the five minute APGAR score of a newborn baby. On assessment, you note the following about your newborn patient: pink body and hand with cyanotic feet, heart rate 109, grimace to stimulation, flaccid, and irregular cry. What is your patient’s APGAR score?

A. APGAR 2

B. APGAR 5

C. APGAR 4

D. APGAR 8

7. You’re assessing the five minute APGAR score of a newborn baby. On assessment, you note the following about your newborn patient: heart rate 97, no response to stimulation, flaccid, absent respirations, cyanotic throughout. What is your patient’s APGAR score?

A. APGAR 2

B. APGAR 3

C. APGAR 0

D. APGAR 1

8. A newborn’s one minute APGAR score is 8. Which of the following nursing interventions will you provide to this newborn?

A. Routine post-delivery care

B. Full resuscitation assistance is needed and reassess APGAR score

C. Continue to monitor and reassess the APGAR score in 10 minutes

D. Some resuscitation assistance such as oxygen

Answer Key:

1. C
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. A

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