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Download KUHS B.Sc Nursing 5th Semester 521010 Community Health Nursing I Including Environmental Science And Epidemiology Aug 2024 Question Paper

Download The Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) B.Sc Nursing 5th Semester 521010 Community Health Nursing I Including Environmental Science And Epidemiology Aug 2024 Previous Question Paper

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Q.P. CODE: 521010
Reg. No: ........................
Fifth Semester B.Sc Nursing Degree Regular Examinations August 2024
Community Health Nursing-I including Environmental Science and Epidemiology
Time: 3 Hrs

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Max. Marks: 75
Answer all questions to the point neatly and legibly ? Do not leave any blank pages between
answers ? Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space
Answer all parts of a single question together ? Leave sufficient space between answers
Draw diagrams wherever necessary

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1. Multiple Choice Questions




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(12x1=12)
(Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given)
The Answers to MCQ questions (Q.No. i to Q.No. xii) shall be written continuously on

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the first two writing sheets (ie Page No. 3 & 4) only

i. The following is a socio-cultural barrier of interpersonal relation
a) Language diversity
b) Time constraint
c) Gender bias

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d) Environmental diversity
ii. The nutritional programme which aimed at the approach of self-reliance is
a) Balwadi nutrition programme
b) Applied nutrition programme
c) Mid-day meal programme

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d) Special nutrition programme
iii. Following is an example for indirect mode of disease transmission
a) Contact with soil
b) Direct contact
c) Sexual contact

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d) Fomite borne
iv. The source of primary transmission of cholera is
a) Contaminated soil
b) Contaminated water and food
c) Contaminated blood and body fluids

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d) Contaminated air
v. Following are the diseases included under National vector born disease control program
EXCEPT
a) Malaria
b) Filaria

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c) Yellow fever
d) Dengue
vi. The study which proceeds from cause to effect is
a) Cohort study
b) Case control study

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c) Randomised controlled trials
d) Field trials
vii. The first line of drug for tuberculosis treatment is
a) Gentamycin
b) Rifampicin

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c) Pencillin
d) Sulphapyridine
viii. The population coverage of a sub centre is
a) 2000-4000
b) 3000-6000

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c) 2000-5000
d) 3000-5000
ix. The time interval between the entry of the disease agent in the body and manifestation
of clinical signs and symptoms is known as
a) Contact Period

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b) Convalescent Period
c) Incubation period
d) Prodromal Period
x. The following indicator is NOT an indicator of mortality
a) Crude death rate

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b) Case fatality rate
c) Disability rate
d) Specific death rate
xi. An outbreak of disease in a community in excess of normal expectation is called as
a) Endemic

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b) Epidemic
c) Pandemic
d) Sporadic
xii. The number of new cases occurring in a defined population during a specified period of
time is

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a) Relative risk
b) Attributable risk
c) Prevalence
d) Incidence
(PTO)

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Essays
(2x15=30)
2. Explain the methods of solid waste disposal. Describe the sewage disposal management.
(7+8)
3. List the sexually transmitted diseases. Explain the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS. Describe

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the role of nurse in National AIDS Control Program
(2+8+5)
Short notes


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(5x5=25)
4. Functions and staffing pattern of a Primary Health Centre
5. Diet plan for a Diabetic patient

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6. Steps of Home Visit
7. Levels of prevention
8. Descriptive epidemiology
List the following

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(2x2=4)
9. Four food borne diseases
10. Four types of vaccines

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Differentiate between
(2x2=4)
11. Mortality and Morbidity
12. Kwashiorkor and Marasmus
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