Q.P. CODE: 303010 Reg. No: …
Third Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Supplementary Examinations
Mental Health Nursing
April 2018
Time: 3 Hrs Max. Marks: 75
Answer all questions
Draw diagram wherever necessary
Essays (2x15=30)
1. Define mental health nursing. Explain the role of a nurse in community mental health.
Discuss in detail about the principles of psychiatric nursing (2+5+8)
2. Classify mental retardation. Explain the etiological factors for mental retardation. Explain the
rehabilitation process of a client with mild mental retardation.
(4+5+6)
Short Notes (5x5=25)
3. Psychotherapy
4. Explain the management of lithium toxicity
5. Describe the standards of mental health nursing practice
6. Explain the different types of admission procedures used in psychiatric hospital
7. Role of a nurse in the management of alcohol dependence syndrome.
Give reasons for the following (5x2=10)
8. Patient is accepted exactly as he is.
9. A nurse should not laugh or whisper in the presence of a client with delusion of persecution
10.Patients on antipsychotic medications are instructed to take sips of water frequently.
11.The nurse must maintain client privacy and confidentiality
12.The rate of suicide among the geriatric population is on the rise
Differentiate between (5x2=10)
13.Echolalia and echopraxia
14.Id and ego
15.Repression and regression
16.Agoraphobia and acrophobia
17.Catatonic stupor and catatonic excitement
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