Q.P. CODE: 302010 Reg. No: …
Third Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Supplementary Examinations
Child Health Nursing
May 2017
Time: 3 Hrs Max. Marks: 75
Answer all questions
Draw diagram wherever necessary
Essays (2×15=30)
1. Define pyloric stenosis. List the causes and cardinal signs and symptoms of it. Explain the surgical and nursing management of pyloric stenosis. (2+5+8=15)
2. Describe the reaction of a toddler towards hospitalization. Explain the role of a child health nurse in caring a hospitalized child.
(7+8=15)
Short Notes (5x5=25)
3. Clinical features and management of tetrology of fallot.
4. Clinical features and management of hirschsprung’s disease.
5. Clinical features and management of urinary tract infection.
6. Management of mentally challenged children.
7. Essential new born care
Give reasons for the following (5x2=10)
8. Surfactant is used for the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome in pre term babies.
9. Joint pain is a clinical feature in rheumatic heart disease
10. Platelet transfusion may be given to a child with dengue fever
11. Oral rehydration solution is administered for a child with diarrhoea
12. Phototherapy is given for neonates with hyperbilirubinemia
Differentiate between (5x2=10)
13. Weaning and artificial feeding
14. Under five clinic and child guidance clinic
15. Scurvy and pellagra
16. Empyema and emphysema
17. Epispadias and hypospadias
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