QP CODE: 108010 Reg. No.:…
First Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Supplementary Examinations
2010 Scheme
Nursing Foundations
May 2022
Time: 3 Hours Total Marks: 100
• 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 table/diagrams/flow charts wherever necessary
Essays: (2x10=20)
1. Define urinary incontinence. List the types of urinary incontinence. Explain the nursing management of a patient with urinary incontinence. (2+2+6)
2. Define parenteral administration of drug. Explain the four major routes of parenteral administration. (2+8)
Short notes: (10x5=50)
3. Ethical principles in nursing
4. Role of nurse in blood transfusion
5. First aid measures in snakebite
6. Phases of a helping relationship
7. Purposes of health assessment
8. Factors affecting bowel elimination
9. General principles of hot and cold application.
10. Scope of nursing
11. Principles of nasogastric tube feeding
12. Health illness continuum
Differentiate between the following: (5x3=15)
13. Subjective and objective data
14. Palpation and percussion
15. Bereavement and mourning
16. Rigor mortis and Algor mortis
17. Active and passive exercise
List the following: (5x3=15)
18. Six purposes of enema
19. Six factors influencing health
20. Six functions of a hospital
21. Six factors affecting nutritional needs
22. Six factors affecting respiration
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