QP CODE: 203011 Reg. No:…………………..
Second Year Post Basic B.Sc Nursing Degree Supplementary
Examinations March 2018
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Time: 3 Hours Total Marks: 75
Answer all questions
Essays: (2x10=20)
1. Mr. Suresh, 60 years old admitted for the treatment of depression. Enumerate clinical
features of depression. Discuss the nursing management of Mr. Suresh applying steps of
nursing process.
2. Discuss the community psychiatric movement in India and discuss the role of psychiatric
nurse in this area.
Short notes:
3. Mental health Act, 1987
4. Special schooling
5. Recreation therapies
6. Process recording
7. Lithium
8. Token economy
Differentiate between:
9. Illusion and delusion
10. Enuresis and encopresis
11. Thought broadcast and thought block
12. Echolalia and echopraxia
13. hysterical fits and epileptic fits
Define the following:
14. Tangentiality
15. Incoherence
16. Malingering
17. Catatonic stupor
18. Confabulation