Q.P. CODE: 201010 Reg. No: …………………...
Second Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Examinations October 2017
Medical Nursing Including Pathology
Time: 3 Hrs Max. Marks: 75
Answer all questions
Draw diagram wherever necessary
Essays (2x15=30)
1. Discuss the following conditions in terms of their etiology, pathophysiology, clinical features
and management. (7.5+7.5=15)
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Pulmonary tuberculosis
2. Patient an 8 years old boy came to the hospital with frequent episodes of low grade fever.
On examination the child had slight lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly. On subsequent
investigations the patient was diagnosed to have leukaemia. Discuss the following with regard
to patient
Management Nurses role in bone marrow aspiration
Counselling family members
Short Notes
3. Respiratory acidosis
4. Assessment of respiratory system
5. Cardiogenic shock
6. Types of anaemia and its treatment
7. Nephrotic syndrome
8. Clinical features and drugs used in parkinsonism
Nurse's role for the following
9. Cardiac catheterization
10. Prevention of diabetic complications
11. Barrier nursing
Give reasons for the following
12. Canned foods are avoided in patients with chronic heart failure
13. Oxygen of 1-2 litres is administered for a client with COPD
14. Food and fluids are withheld for 1-2 hours after a bronchoscopy