New Ballard Scale
New Ballard Scale ( 5 Questions)
A nurse is performing the neuromuscular maturity test on a newborn using the New Ballard Scale.
What does this test evaluate?
Skin thickness and appearance are part of the physical maturity score, not the neuromuscular maturity score.
Presence of lanugo and breast buds are also part of the physical maturity score, not the neuromuscular maturity score.
The neuromuscular maturity test on a newborn using the New Ballard Scale evaluates the flexion in different positions. The test is a scale that estimates the gestational age of a newborn infant based on physical and neuromuscular characteristics. The test can be used when there is no reliable obstetrical information or a major discrepancy between the estimated date of delivery and the infant’s appearance.
Creases on the bottom of feet are another part of the physical maturity score, not the neuromuscular maturity score.
The neuromuscular maturity test on a newborn using the New Ballard Scale evaluates the flexion in different positions. The test is a scale that estimates the gestational age of a newborn infant based on physical and neuromuscular characteristics. The test can be used when there is no reliable obstetrical information or a major discrepancy between the estimated date of delivery and the infant’s appearance.
Choice A is wrong because skin thickness and appearance are part of the physical maturity score, not the neuromuscular maturity score.
Choice B is wrong because presence of lanugo and breast buds are also part of the physical maturity score, not the neuromuscular maturity score.
Choice D is wrong because creases on the bottom of feet are another part of the physical maturity score, not the neuromuscular maturity score.