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Ins 2105: Fundamentals Of Nursing Practice Question Paper

Ins 2105: Fundamentals Of Nursing Practice

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Nursing

Institution: Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture And Technology question papers

Exam Year:2013

JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

University Examinations 2012/2013

SEMESTER I EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

INS 2105: FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING PRACTICE

DATE: AUGUST 2012 TIME: 3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS:

• ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN SECTION A AND B AND ONLY ONE QUESTION IN SECTION C.
• A WRONG ANSWER OR GUESS WORK WILL RESULT IN A PENALTY OF 0.5 MARKS

SECTION A - ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS (10 MARKS)

1. Definition of health according to WHO includes all the following components EXCEPT:

a) Social well being

b) Physical well being

c) Economic well being

d) Stable state of mind

e) Absence of injury

2. The body that regulates nursing practice in Kenya is:

a) National Nurses Association of Kenya

b) Nursing Council of Kenya

c) International Council of Nurses

d) Kenya Professional Nurses Association

e) East, Central and Southern Africa College of Nursing (ECSACON)

3. The law that currently regulates nursing practice in Kenya is found in Chapter.

a) 253

b) 254

c) 256

d) 257

e) 242

4. When a nurse fails to do something that is within his / her scope of practice he/she
can be accused of:

a) Negligence

b) Misconduct

c) Malpractice

d) Impropriety

e) Abscondment

5. One of the following nursing theorist viewed man as a passive instrument of nature.

a) Callista Roy

b) Martha Rogers

c) Virginia Henderson

d) Florence Nightgale

e) Lillian ward

6. The self care deficit model is associated with:

a) Margaret Auld

b) Dorothrea Orem

c) Dorothy Johnson

d) Lilian Wald

e) Martha Rogers

7. The following are characteristics of ‘Open system’ EXCEPT:

a) Exchange of matter

b) Permeable boundaries

c) Impermeable boundaries

d) Response to external stimuli

e) Interacts with environment

8. The stage of nursing process where nursing actions are prescribed is:

a) Assessment

b) Diagnosis

c) Planning

d) Implementation

e) Evaluation

9. The type of nursing where a patient with lowered immunity is nursed away from
patients who have a communicable disease is called:

a) Isolation nursing

b) Barrier nursing

c) Reverse barrier nursing

d) Primary nursing

e) Case nursing

10. The position adapted during gynaecological and rectal procedures is:

a) Lithotomy

b) Dorsal

c) Supine

d) Semi-prone

e) Semi-fowler’s

SECTION B – ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS (50 MARKS)

1. State five general characteristics of a profession. (5 marks)

2. Explain any five etiquettes to be observed in the hospital environment. (5 marks)

3. Outline any five functions of the Nursing Council of Kenya. (5 marks)

4. Explain the Adaptation Theory by Callista Roy. (5 marks)

5. Explain the characteristics of an ‘Open System” (5 marks)

6. Outline the Maslows’s Hierachy of human needs. (5 marks)

7. State five characteristics of the nursing process. (5 marks)

8. Explain primary nursing as a modality of care delivery. (5 marks)

9. Outline five type of risk waste generated from a hospital. (5 marks)

10. Explain the hazards associated with health care waste. (5 marks)

SECTION C – ANSWER ALL QUESTION (40 MARKS)

1. Describe in details the important health history that should be obtained
from a patient. (20 marks)

2. Describe the total nursing care of an unconscious patient. (20 marks)

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