Download KUHS B.Sc Nursing Third Year 2016 October 303010 Mental Health Nursing Question Paper

Q.P. CODE: 303010

Reg. No:

Third Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Examinations October 2016

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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. Mention the indications of behaviour therapy. List the principles underlying behaviour therapy. Explain any three techniques of behaviour therapy. (3+3+9=15)
2. Enumerate the positive and negative symptoms of Schizophrenia. Explain the clinical features of Paranoid Schizophrenia and narrate the nursing management of a patient with Paranoid Schizophrenia. (2+5+8=15)

Short Notes (5x5=25)

1. Role of a psychiatric nurse in psycho-social rehabilitation

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2. Rights of the mentally ill according to mental health act of India
3. Clinical features of severe depression
4. Types of crisis
5. Nursing management of a patient with suicidal ideation

Give reasons for the following (5x2=10)

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1. Patient should be warned against taking alcohol while on disulfiram
2. Injection succinylcholine is given before ECT
3. Renal function test need to be done before starting lithium
4. Patient who receives atypical antipsychotics may develop frequent infections
5. Suicidal patients are at high risk immediately after discharge from hospital.

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Differentiate between (5x2=10)

1. Unilateral and bilateral ECT
2. Positive and negative reinforcement
3. Delirium and dementia
4. Mood and affect

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5. Lithium and haloperidol

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