Q.P. CODE: 303010 Reg. No: …
Third Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Supplementary Examinations
(2010 Scheme)
Mental Health Nursing
January 2022
Time: 3 Hrs . Marks: 75
Essays (2x15=30)
1. Describe the various clinical features of depression. Discuss the nursing management of a patient with severe
depression based on nursing process approach. (5+10)
2. Define ECT. Describe pre, intra and post ECT care. (2+13)
Short Notes (5x5=25)
3. Explain about complications of alcohol abuse.
4. Explain suggested occupational activities for psychiatric disorders.
5. Explain patient education related to psychopharmacology.
6. Explain therapeutic impasses and interventions for overcoming them.
7. Explain the scope of mental health nursing.
Give reasons for the following (5x2=10)
8. A patient taking lithium must maintain a fluid intake of 2500 ml to 3000 ml.
9. Home safety measures are priority concern for the parents of autistic child
10.Tablet parkin is administered with antipsychotic drugs.
11.Do not challenge the patient’s paranoid beliefs
12.Nurse would instruct the patient to change position slowly when he is on tricyclic antidepressant.
Differentiate between (5x2=10)
13.Epileptic seizures and pseudo seizures
14.Trans-sexualism and transvestism
15.Delirium and dementia
16.Maturational crisis and situational crisis
17.Institutionalization and de-institutionalization
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