Which Assessment Finding of a Newborn Requires Prompt Action by the Nurse

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which assessment finding of a newborn requires prompt action by the nurse?

• A) Respiratory rate of 50 breaths per minute
• B) Cyanosis of the extremities
• C) Pause in breathing lasting 20 seconds
• D) Pause in breathing for 15 seconds followed by rapid respirations

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Definitions:

Slave Trade

The historical trade in which people were captured and sold as slaves, predominantly affecting Africans transported to the Americas.

Internal Slave Trade

refers to the buying and selling of slaves within the domestic borders of a country, particularly prevalent in the United States before the Civil War.

Plantation Work

Labor performed on large agricultural estates, historically associated with slavery and the cultivation of cash crops such as tobacco, cotton, and sugar.

Fugitive Slave Act

The Fugitive Slave Act was a law passed by the United States Congress in 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory.