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

Q.P. CODE: 302010                                           Reg. No: …………………...
  Third Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Examinations, October 2013

                                     Child Health Nursing

Time: 3 Hrs                                                           Max. Marks: 75

• Answer all questions

• Draw diagram wherever necessary

 

Essays (2×15=30)

1. Define growth and development. Discuss the principles and the factors affecting growth & development. (2+6+7=15)

2. Define rheumatic fever. List the clinical manifestations and state the medical management. Discuss the nursing management of a child with rheumatic fever (2+4+2+7=15)

 

Short Notes (5x5=25)

3. Clinical features and management of dengue fever.

4. Management of acute glomerular nephritis

5. Clinical features and management of pyloric stenosis

6. Meconium aspiration syndrome

7. Importance of play in children

 

Give reasons for the following (5x2=10)

8. Sudden exposure to noise and light must be minimised for a child with meningitis.

9. Low birth weight babies are prone to hypothermia

10. The eyes and genitals of a neonate should be shielded during phototherapy.

11. Head end elevation should be given for a child with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

12. Oral rehydration solution is recommended for a child with diarrhoea.

 

Differentiate between (5x2=10)

13. Bronchitis and bronchiolitis

14. Epispadias and hypospadias

15. Bacterial and tuberculous meningitis

16. Down’s syndrome and Turner’s syndrome

17. Meningocele and menigomyelocele

 

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Earning:  ₹ 7.05/-