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NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN NURSING

COHORT 1 – MARCH 2018

2nd YEAR SEM 1 INTERNAL EXAMINATION – May 2019

MODULE 3: PSYCHOSOCIAL DIMENSIONS IN NURSING (Part 2)

SECTION 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Patients are often reluctant to disclose their use of complementary and alternative therapies to
their doctors because of ……….
A. their doctors’ lack of inquiry
B. their anticipation of their doctors’ disapprovals or disinterest
C. their perceptions that disclosure of CAM use is irrelevant
D. all of the above

2. Guided imagery, visualisation, muscle relaxation and meditation are examples of which
categories of CAM therapies?
A. Biologically Based therapies
B. Mind Body therapies
C. Manipulative and Body Based therapies
D. Energy therapies

3. Chiropractic medicine, osteopathic manipulative medicine, movement therapy, massage are

examples of which categories of CAM therapies?
A. Manipulative and Body Based therapies
B. Biologically Based therapies
C. Mind Body therapies
D. Energy therapies

4. Dependency ratio can be defined as ……..

A. the relationship between the number of young children and retired individuals on one
hand, and the people of working age on the other hand
B. the resources available for healthcare services
C. the number of educated people as compared to the illiteracy level
D. the difference between birth rate and mortality rate

5. Gerontology is the study of

A. Ageing and the elderly
B. The disease process
C. Functions of the society
D. None of the above
6. Biological age refers to ………
A. The relative age or condition of a person’s organs and body systems
B. The person’s adaptive capacities
C. Age based on chronological years
D. All of the above

7. Successful ageing can be characterized by ………..

A. The absence of serious, debilitating diseases or disability
B. Engaging independently in most normal activities of daily living
C. Maintaining a good level of cognitive function
D. All of the above

8. Which of the following stages of grief is in a sequential order as per Kubler Ross?
A. Denial, depression, anger, bargaining and acceptance
B. Denial, anger, depression, bargaining and acceptance
C. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance
D. Denial, bargaining, anger, depression and acceptance

9. Psychological age refers to ………

A. The relative age or condition of a person’s organs and body systems
B. Age based on chronological years
C. The person’s adaptive capacities
D. All of the above

10. Which of the following is an example of energy therapies?

A. Healing touch
B. Reiki
C. Acupuncture
D. All of the above

11. Which of the followings may affect transcultural nursing?

A. A marked increase in migration of people
B. A rise in multicultural identities
C. Cultural conflicts and clashes
D. All of the above

12. Transcultural nursing enables nurses to ……

A. Communicate more effectively with clients from diverse cultural and linguistic
backgrounds
B. Assist those of various cultures with mental health problems
C. Provide culturally appropriate interventions to prevent or alleviate discomfort
D. All of the above
13. Legal age refers to ………..
A. Age based on chronological years
B. The relative age or condition of a person’s organs and body systems
C. The person’s adaptive capacities
D. All of the above

14. Which of the following may help overcome stress?

A. By connecting to others
B. By learning how to relax
C. By having healthy diets
D. All of the above

15. Functional age refers to ……………………

A. How people compare physiologically to others of the same age
B. Age based on chronological years
C. The relative age or condition of a person’s organs and body systems
D. The person’s adaptive capacities

16. A person can increase his stress tolerance levels by ………..

A. His high ability to deal with his emotions
B. Increasing his sense of control
C. Having a good support of networks and friends
D. All of the above

17. The ability to think on the spot and solve a novel problem is an example of……
A. Crystallised intelligence
B. Fluid intelligence
C. Memory
D. None of the above

18. Social age refers to ……….

A. The relative age or condition of a person’s organs and body systems
B. The person’s adaptive capacities
C. Age based on chronological years
D. An individual’s habits and roles relative to society’s expectations

19. The lowest priority of needs in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is

A. Safety and security needs
B. Love and belonging needs
C. Physiological needs
D. Self-actualisation needs
20. A person who gets angry at his boss, but can’t express his anger to his boss for fear of being fired.
He instead comes home and kicks the dog or starts an argument with his wife. The man is
redirecting his anger from his boss to his dog or wife. This form of defense mechanism is
called…….
A. Displacement
B. Projection
C. Repression
D. Compensation
 POLYTECHNICS MAURITIUS LTD

NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN NURSING

COHORT 1 – MARCH 2018

2nd YEAR SEM 1 INTERNAL EXAMINATION – May 2019

MODULE 3: PSYCHOSOCIAL DIMENSIONS IN NURSING (Part 2)

SECTION 2: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

Question 1.

a. Discuss the barriers to cross cultural communication. (10 marks)

b. Discuss 5 different approaches to improve cross cultural communication. (10 marks)

Question 2.

a. Discuss what do you understand by complementary and alternative therapies. (10 marks)
b. Enumerate the reasons why patients are reluctant to disclose their complementary and
alternative therapies to the doctor. (10 marks)

Question 3.

a. Define stress. (4 marks)

b. List and explain the 3 different types of conflicts. (6 marks)
c. Explain 5 coping strategies of stress. (10 marks)

Question 4.

a. Give 5 indications which determine that a person is having a successful process of ageing. (5
marks)
b. Discuss the psychosocial effect of ageing. (10 marks)
c. List five psychological disorders of the ageing process. (5 marks)