Final Exam: NR509 / NR 509 (Latest
Update 2024 / 2025) Advanced Physical Assessment | Exam Review Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain
Question:
When are well child visits?
Answer:
1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12 months
Question:
APGAR score
Answer:
a scale of 1-10 to evaluate a newborn infant's physical status (HR, R, muscle tone, reflex irritability, color) at 1 and 5 minutes after birth
- - absent
- - normal
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Question:
Gestational age
Answer:
Preterm <37 weeks Term 37-40 weeks Post term >42 weeks
Question:
Normal birth weight (g) & classifications
Answer:
2500g
<10th percentile = small for gestational age 10-90th percentile = appropriate for gestational age >90th percentile = large for gestational age
Question:
How do you measure growth in children under and over 2 years?
Answer:
<2y weight, length, head circumference >2y weight, height, BMI
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Question:
Primitive reflexes
Answer:
reflexes, controlled by "primitive" parts of the brain, that disappear during the first year of life
Palmar grasp (fingers) Plantar grasp (toes) Rooting reflex Startle reflex
Question:
Normal HR at birth
Answer:
120-160 BPM
Question:
Physical exam - infant
Answer:
fontanelles, sutures facial features eyes follow light, red reflex, blinks (birth) fixates on object (1m) 3 / 4
startle to loud noise, calm to soothing noise (brith) nostril patency candida in mouth natal teeth cyanosis of tongue/mouth listen for grunt/wheeze/stridor, WOB auscultate heart - S1 S2 murmurs palpate liver and spleen foreskin doesn't retract more prominent gentialia features in girls d/t estrogen
Question:
Mental and physical status in kids
Answer:
1-5y - wellness, mood, nutrition, speech, facial expressions, relationship with parent
6-10y - orientation, factual knowledge, language, number skills, motor skills
Question:
BMI percentiles for kids
Answer:
<5th percentile underweight
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