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KNUST Psychiatry
KNUST Psychiatry
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TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING
JULY, 2021
DURATION
2 HOURS
QUESTIONS.
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1. Which of the following will suggest to the nurse that a patient is experiencing a
uditory hallucinations?
a. brushing his skin continuously
b. gets up suddenly and stands at attention
c. repeats a sentence over and over again
d. sings a song as he walks down the hall
2. On
3. e aim of recreational therapy for psychiatric patients is to:
a. assists the patient in socialization and communication
b. gives the patient the belief that he can do everything
c. enable patient to generate money on his own.
d. mobilize forces to guide patient towards his goal in life
4. When managing a patient going through grand mal seizure you should:
a. allow the fit to go through its normal process
b. inserts a mouth gag at the tonic phase
c. restrict the movement of the limbs
d. turns the head of the patient to one side during the clonic phase
6. When a patient has a grand mal seizure, which one of the following tasks has t
he highest priority?
a. administer oxygen
b. check blood pressure and pulse
c. establish patent airway
d. removes the top sheet
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7. An epileptic tells the nurse that he smells roses, yet there are no flowers in the
room. This statement should alert the nurse to the possibility that the patient:
a. is experiencing an aura
b. is hallucinating
c. may be imagining he smells roses
d. wishes to have some roses
9. A patient is depressed and withdrawn and has been in bed all day. At meal time
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17. For the patient to develop trust in the nurse, the nurse should:
a. be consistent and reliable in her actions
b. call patient by name all the time
c. monitor patient carefully
d. tries to gain control over patient’s actions
18.A patient displaying manic behavior will exhibit which of the under mentioned:
a. euphoria, accelerated speech, insomnia
b. compulsion, panic, regressive behavior
c. insomnia, confabulations, mannerisms
d. hypochondriasis, hostility, insomnia
21. Personnel changes increase emotional disturbance in patients. The basic reas
on for this is that patients often feel:
a. angry
b. disappointed
c. frustrated
d. insecure
22. When talking to a psychiatric patient for the first time, the nurse should real
ize that the:
a. patient’s case history should be read and discussed with the doctor
b. physical appearance provides accurate guide as to whether he will be recep
tive
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23. Which of the following BEST describes the appearance of panic state?
a. anger, poverty of ideas, withdrawal
b. abnormal eye blinking, anger, flashbacks
c. palpitations, pressure on the chest, heartburns
d. nightmares, flashbacks, anger
25. The nurse explains to a student on educational tour in the hospital that psy
chotic people are those who:
a. adjust poorly to new situations
b. cannot differentiate reality from fantasy
c. feels helpless in resolving problems
d. has difficulty in relationships
26. A patient asks a nurse if he hears the voice of Jesus talking about destroyin
g het world. The best response from the nurse would be:
a. “Better not tell t doctor about it”
b. “Does he say when or how it will happen”
c. “I doubt Jesus could be talking to you”
d. “No, hearing voices is part of the illness”
27. Which of the following professions will you counsel an epileptic patient to t
ake?
a. catering
b. engineering
c. teaching
d. theatre nursing
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28. Which of the following will indicate that the patient can make suicidal attem
pt?
a. asking nurses to give him a knife
b. hiding knives or storing drugs
c. holding a knife and shouting that “I want to kill myself”
d. telling the nurses “I want to kill myself”
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35. A person with sociopathic behavior makes advances toward you. An approp
riate
comment would be “stop that”
a. or I put you in seclusion
b. or I tell the doctor
c. you can’t do this here
d. you are making me uncomfortable
36. When girl child experiences sexual feelings for the father, Freud describes i
t as:
a. Electra complex
b. Nymphomaniac
c. Oedipus complex
d. Temper tantrums
39. Which of the following factors has contributed to a rise in depression amon
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g the
elderly?
a. faltering self esteem
b. inability to use appropriate aid in walking
c. loss of effective support systems
d. struggle to cope with trauma
40. The symptom which characterizes paranoid in its true form is:
a. bizarre hallucination
b. inappropriate affect
c. severe depression
d. systematized delusion
a. Leprosy
b. Meningitis
c. Tetanus
d. Yaws
a. Annually
b. Continuously
c. Intermittently
d. Quarterly
a. Acquired immunity
b. Cross immunity
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c. Herd immunity
d. Racial immunity
a. i, ii, iii
b. i, ii, iv
c. i, iii, iv
d. ii, iii, iv
a. Control
b. Elimination
c. Eradication
d. Prevention
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a. Endemic
b. Epidemic
c. Pandemic
d. Sporadic
48. The Depo provera is a progestin only inject able which acts by:
a. i, ii, iii
b. i, ii, iv
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c. i, iii, iv
d. ii, iii, iv
a. Boils
b. Spots
c. Rashes
d. Turgor
a. Agent
b. Carrier
c. Contact
d. Host
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i. Capable agent
iii. Resistance
a. i, ii, iii
b. i, ii, iv
c. i, iii, iv
d. ii, iii, iv
53. When you are asked by a client how vaccination is different from
immunization you would explain that vaccination is the:
a. DPT/Hib Hep B
b. Measles vaccine
c. OPV vaccine
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a. i, ii, iii
b. i, ii, iv
c. i, iii, iv
d. ii, iii, iv
57. People are becoming more interested in natural family planning because it
is based on:
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58. Some of the disadvantages of the combined oral contraceptive pill are:
iii. Depression
a. i, ii, iii
b. i, ii, iv
c. i, iii, iv
d. ii, iii, iv
59. When caring for the Aged in the home, the nurse should bear in mind that
there is less ability of the wound to heal because of:
a. Degeneration of tissues
c. Inadequate nutrition
60. Reasons for nursing the sick in the home may include the following:
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a. i, ii, iii
b. i, ii, iv
c. i, iii, iv
d. ii, iii, iv
61.What advice would you give a 70-year old man who complains to you about
having poor sight?
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a. i, ii, iii
b. i, ii, iv
c. i, iii, iv
d. ii, iii, iv
a. Concentrated micro-organism
a. i, ii, iii
b. i, ii, iv
c. i, iii, iv
d. ii, iii, iv
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a. i and ii only
66. After immunizing a child with polio vaccine, what would you tell the mother
for the vaccine to dissolve well?
67. Well water may be safe for drinking, when it is dug up to the:
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68. In caring for the malnourished child at home, the public health nurse do
NOT carry out this activity:
69. During home visit the public health nurse identifies needs of the family
members through:
i. Interviewing
ii. Observation
a. i, ii and iii
b. i, ii and iv
c. i, iii, iv
d. ii, iii, iv
a. Inborn
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b. Natural
c. Permanent
d. Short- lived
71. If the interest of the people are stimulated to influence their behavior towards
health, they are said to receive health:
a. Care
b. Education
c. Prevention
d. Protection
72. Health messages are tailored to clients with the intention to bring change in:
a. Behavior
b. Character
c. Doings
d. Practices
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b. i,ii and iv
c. i,iii and iv
d. ii,iii and iv
a. Acquisition of land
b. Behavior change
c. Demographic features
d. Poverty levels
a. i, ii, iii
b. i, ii, iv
c. i, iii, iv
d. ii, iii, iv
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77.It is important to have knowledge about the chain of infection in order to:
a. Glossina morsitans
b. Similium damnosum
c. Trypanosome gambiense
d. Wuchereria bancrofti
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