QP CODE: 108010 Reg. No.:…
First Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Supplementary Examinations
2010 Scheme
Nursing Foundations
October 2019
Time: 3 Hours Total Marks: 100
Answer all questions
Essays: (2x10=20)
1. Define illness. Enlist the risk factors for developing illness. Describe the stages of illness behaviour. (1+4+5)
2. Define respiration. Explain the characteristics of respiration. Describe the factors affecting respiration. (1+4+5)
Short notes: (10x5=50)
3. Types of health care agencies
4. Phases of helping relationship
5. Nursing diagnosis
6. Guidelines for documentation
7. Nosocomial infection
8. Care of patients with fever
9. Comfort devices
10. Qualities of a first aider
11. Therapeutic effect of cold
12. Sites for intramuscular injection
Differentiate between the following: (5x3=15)
13. Respiratory acidosis and respiratory alkalosis
14. Verbal and non-verbal communication
15. Medical asepsis and surgical asepsis
16. Negligence and malpractice
17. Tachycardia and tachypnoea
List the following: (5x3=15)
18. Six factors affecting sleep
19. Six routes of medication administrations
20. Six problems of neglected mouth
21. Six effects of exercises
22. Six sites for checking body temperature
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