Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka
III Year B.Sc. Nursing Degree Examination- September 2014
Time : Three Hours Max.Marks: 75
Mental Health Nursing
(RS - 2)
QP Code - 1770
Your answer shall be specific to the question asked
Draw neat and labelled diagrams wherever necessary.
Long Essay (Answer any two) 2 x 10 = 20
1. Define Mental Health and Mental Illness. Explain in detail the principles of mental health nursing.
2. Define BPAD and classify the various mood disorders. Discuss management of a depressed patient.
3. Define ECT. Describe care of a patient before, during and after ECT.
Short Essay (Answer any Eight) 8 x 5 = 40
- Alcohol dependence syndrome
- Explain signs and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and briefly explain the nursing management for a patient with PTSD.
- Describe etiological factors and signs and symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Occupational therapy
- Mental Health issues among elderly
- Explain therapeutic impasses and interventions for overcoming them
- Explain the current trends in mental health nursing.
- Differentiate institutionalization and de-institutionalization.
- Types of admission and discharge for the mentally ill
Shortr Answers: 10 x = 20
- Advantages of token economy
- Indications of light therapy
- Types of crisis
- Meaning of enuresis
- List thesexual disorders
- Antabuse drugs
- Meaning of agoraphobia
- Meaning of obsession
- List the types of phobia
- Leave of absence