QP CODE: 116011 Reg. No:…………………..
First Year Post Basic B.Sc Nursing Degree Examinations October 2017
Nursing Foundation
(2016 Scheme)
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 75
Answer all questions
Draw diagrams wherever necessary
Essays:
1. What are the basic human needs of a patient. Explain the nursing interventions for
attaining his/her psychological needs. List down the characteristics of a self-actualized
person.
Short Essays:
2. What is nursing process. What are the tools for assessment.
3. Define developmental concept. What are the roles and problems faced by an
adolescent.
Short Notes:
4. Code of ethics
5. Holistic nursing
6. Indicators of quality in nursing
7. Progressive patient care
8. International council for nurses
Answer briefly:
9. Define illness and explain factors affecting illness behaviour.
10. Enumerate the expanded career roles for nurses.
11. Evaluation phase of nursing process is interrelated with other phases of nursing
process. Justify.
12. Specific nursing skills needed for family oriented care.
Differentiate between:
13. Prospective and retrospective nursing audit.
14. Signs and symptoms