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    HESI RN HEALTH ASSESSMENT PROCTORED EXAM
    The nurse is calculating the one-minute Apgar score for a newborn infant and determines that the heart rate is 150 beats/minute, a vigorous cry is present, muscle tone is good with total flexion, quick reflex irritability noted, and skin color is dusky and cyanotic. Which Apgar score should the nurse assign to this infant? (Enter numeric value only.)

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