Download KUHS B.Sc Nursing Third Year 2015 October 303010 Mental Health Nursing Question Paper

Q.P. CODE: 303010

Reg. No:

Third Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Examinations, October 2015

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Mental Health Nursing

Time: 3 Hrs

Max. Marks: 75

• Answer all questions
• Draw diagram wherever necessary

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Essays (2x15=30)

1. Define psychotherapy. List the types of psychotherapy. Discuss various techniques used in psychotherapy (2+5+8)
2. Explain aetiology of depression. Describe clinical features of depression. Outline the nursing management for a patient with depression. (4+5+6)

Short Notes (5x5=25)

1. Explain the role of a nurse in ECT

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2. Discuss the scope and nature of mental health nursing
3. Discuss concepts of normal and abnormal behaviour
4. Describe the phases of nurse-patient relationship
5. Half-way home.

Give reasons for the following (5x2=10)

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1. Meeting the nutritional needs is a priority in both mania and depression.
2. A patient who is on lithium should immediately notify the physician in case of diarrhoea and vomiting.
3. Smoking should be strictly prohibited in ECT room
4. Rationalisation is a defence mechanism in alcoholism.
5. Antipsychotics are administered with antiparkinsonian agents

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Differentiate between (5x2=10)

1. Dementia and delirium
2. Epileptic and hysterical fit
3. Mood and affect
4. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

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5. Insomnia and somnambulism

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