PORTMORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ENROLLED ASSISTANT NURSING PROGRAMME

Mental Health Nursing

Final Exam

DATE: January 7, 2009

TIME: 1:00pm – 3:00pm

DURATION: 2 hours

ROOM: 26 (Nursing Dept.)

Instructions:

1. Do not open the booklet until instructed to do so.

2. Write your full name at the top of all pages

3. The test consists of two sections: A & B.

 Answer ALL questions in sections A and B

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 SECTION A

1.(a) Name the substances or drugs people abuse.

(b) Write notes on the physical and emotional effects of stimulants and include nursing care.

2. You are working at the outpatients department of a mental Hospital where the Psychiatrist does
assessment for mental illness.

(a) What is this assessment?

(b) List all areas of this assessment.

20pts

3. Write notes on the nursing care of the patient with depression, include caring for the suicidal
patient.
30pts

4. What are the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia?

15pts.

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SECTION B
Answer all of the following questions. Select the best answer.

1. Which of the following medication(s) is /are used in the treatment of anxiety?

a) Ativan
b) Valium
c) Elavil
d) Anafranil
e) all of the above
f) a &b
g) c &d

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2. Which of the following medication(s) is /are used in Schizophrenia?
a) Haldol
b) Melleril
c) Prozac
d) Zoloft
e) all of the above
f) a &b
g) c &d

3. Which of the following medication(s) is/are can be classified as

conventional?
a) Largactil
b) Stelazine
c) Seroquel
d) Paxil
e) all of the above
f) a &b
g) c &d

4. Which of the following medications can be classified as Atypical?

a) Prozac
b) Amitriptyline
c) Tofranil
d) zoloft
e) all of the above
f) a &b
g) c &d

5. Which ofthe following medication(s) is/are Antidepressants?

a) Melleril
b) Fluphenazine
c) Thorazine
d) Tofranil
e) all of the
above
f) a &b
g) c &d

6 Which of the following medication(s) is/ are tranquilizers?

a) Cocaine
b) Caffeine
c ) Chlorpromazine
d) Promazine
e) all of the above
f) a &b
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g) c &d

7. Obsessive compulsive is treated with which of the following medications?

a) Zoloft (sertraline)
b) Paxil (paroxetine)
c) Resperidol (Resperidone)
d) Seroquel (Quetiapine)
e) all of the above
f) a &b
g) c &d

8 Miss Simpson is suffering from a cognitive disorder, which of the following is this?
a) Schizophrenia
b) Dementia
c) Organic Hallucinosis
d) Organic Catatonic disorder.
e) all of the above
f) a &b
g) c &d

9. Mr. Quick is suffering from a cognitive disorder which of the following condition is this?
a) Bi Polar Disorder
b) Anxiety
c) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
d) Alzheimer's disease.
e) all of the above
f) a &b
g) c &d

10. In which of the following condition would Electroconvulsive Therapy be given?

a) Hypochondriasis
b) Hysteria
c) Agitated and Retarded Depressions
d) Anxiety Disorder
e) all of the above
f) a &b
g) c &d