B.Sc-B.Sc Nursing 3rd Year Mental Health Nursing (Kerala University of Health Sciences-2013)

Q.P. CODE: 303010                                         Reg. No: …………………...

Third Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Examinations, October 2013

                               Mental Health Nursing

Time: 3 Hrs                                                                     Max. Marks: 75

• Answer all questions

• Draw diagram wherever necessary

 

Essays (2×15=30)

1. Explain the development task of old age according to Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development. Describe two mental health problems of old age. List the areas of care, a nurse can teach the family members. (3+5+7)

2. Define bipolar affective disorder. Enlist steps of history collections and mental status examination of bipolar affective disorder client. (3+5+7)

 

Short Notes (5x5=25)

3. Disulfiram and alcohol reaction.

4. Members and functions of mental health team.

5. Clinical features of delirium

6. Nurses special consideration of a patient on haloperidol treatment.

7. Types of auditory hallucinations with examples.

 

Give reasons for the following (5x2=10)

8. Four reasons for relapse of mental disorders.

9. Patients on tablet chlorpromazine should avoid direct exposure to sunlight

10. Psychiatric nurse should learn legal aspects.

11.Therapeutic relationship is the basis for psychiatric nursing care

12. Only primary prevention can reduce number of psychiatric patients.

 

Differentiate between (5x2=10)

13. Circumstantiality and Confabulation

14. Catatonia and Waxy flexibility

15. Insomnia and Hypersomnia.

16. Depression and Mania.

17. Flight of ideas and Neologism

 

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Earning:  ₹ 7.05/-