Q.P. CODE: 303010 Reg. No: ……
Third Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Examinations
Mental Health Nursing
October 2017
Time: 3 Hrs Max. Marks: 75
Answer all questions
Draw diagram wherever necessary
Essays (2x15=30)
1. Mention the indications for electro convulsive therapy (ECT).
How do you make sure that the seizure has occurred during ECT. Explain the nursing care of a patient before, during
and after ECT. (3+3+9=15)
2. Define substance abuse. Explain the withdrawal symptoms of alcoholism. Develop a teaching plan for a client
receiving antabuse. (2+5+8)
Short Notes (5x5=25)
3. Role and functions of a mental health nurse
4. Psycho - sexual stages of personality development
5. Clinical features of Mania
6. Causes of mental retardation
7. Theories of aging.
Give reasons for the following (5x2=10)
8. Serum lithium monitoring is essential for a patient receiving lithium
9. Side railings are put for patient who is having alcohol withdrawal symptoms
10.Patients on antidepressants should be advised to take plenty of water
11.Dissociative patients need not be given much attention when they exhibit symptoms
12.ECT is not given to the patient who has increased intracranial pressure.
Differentiate between (5x2=10)
13.Catatonic stupor and catatonic excitement
14.Positive and negative reinforcement
15.Psychosis and neurosis
16.Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
17.Delirium and dementia
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