[KV 1024] Sub. Code: 4723 Q.P. Code : 664723
B.Sc (Nursing ) Degree Examination Third Year Paper III
(New Regulations for the candidates admitted from 2006-07 onwards)
Mental Health Nursing
August 2009
Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks
Answer All questions.
I. Essays: (2 x 15 = 30)
1. Write in detail about the principles of mental health nursing.
2. Discuss the nursing management of a child with severe mental retardation or mental deficiency.
II. Write Short Notes on : (5 x 5 = 25)
1. National mental health programme.
2. Mental health team.
3. Therapeutic communication.
4. Side effects of antipsychotic drugs.
5. Stress adaptation
III. Short Answer Questions: (10 x 2 = 20)
1. Define antabuse therapy.
2. What is delusion?
3. List two antipsychotic drugs.
4. Define perception.
5. List four types of phobias.
6. ICD classification of Schizophrenia.
7. Define depression.
8. Define anxiety.
9. List four types of hallucination.
10. Define mental status examination.
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