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Nrsg 112 :Community Health Nursing Ii Question Paper
Nrsg 112 :Community Health Nursing Ii
Course:Nursing
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2015
KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 1''st ''TRIMESTER 2015 (FT) EXAMINATION
SCHOOL : MEDICINE & HEALTH SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : NURSING
UNIT CODE : NRSG 112
UNIT TITLE : COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING II
TIME : 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer all questions in the answer booklet provided.
Select the most appropriate response
SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS = 20 MARKS
Question One
The vaccine that is heat stable, not destroyed rapidly at room temperature and remains active for at least 6 weeks at 37 degrees is:
Pentavalent
BCG
Tetanus toxoid
Measles
Question Two
The number of deaths from all causes during a given year divided by the populations estimated at mid-year times a thousand is referred to as the:
Crude death rate
Age specific death rate
Cause specific death rate
Case fatality ratio
Question Three
Cross immunity can be defined as:
The immunity level that is present in a population group
Long term and sometimes life-long resistance that is acquired either naturally or artificially
Short-term resistance that is acquired either naturally or artificially
A situation in which a person’s immunity to one agent provides immunity to another related agent
Question Four
A child growing within normal developmental milestones will be able to have good head control at the age of:
3-6 months
6-9 months
12-18 months
20-24 months
Question Five
Familiarization assessment as a type of community needs assessment involves
The researcher focusing on a single problem and studies the community in terms of that problem.
Examining a single face of community life
An in-depth survey of the entire community
Studying data already available in the community and gathering a certain amount of first hand data.
Question Six
When health care is geographically financially and culturally within reach of the entire community, the service is said to be:
Available
Acceptable
Accessible
Affordable
Question Seven
In a community evidence of continuity of quality health care includes
Lower all-cause mortality, better access to care
Better access to care, increased uptake of disease-focused preventing care
Lower all-cause mortality, increased satisfaction with services
Better access to care, increased satisfaction with services
Question Eight
One of the targets for improved maternal health under the millennium development goals is to reduce by:
Half maternal mortality ratio
Two thirds maternal mortality ratio
A quarter maternal mortality ratio
Three quarter maternal mortality ratio
Question Nine
A major cause of "missed opportunity" in the immunization programme is:
Failure of the cold chain
Vaccine stock outs
Use of vaccines that have lost potency
Highest rate of drop-out among target group
Question Ten
In epidemiology a risk factor is defined as one that:
If present, increases susceptibility to a disease
Causes the disease
Determines that one actually gets a disease
If changed, will increase the severity of the disease
Question Eleven
The sequence of growth monitoring in an MCH/FP clinic is:
Counseling, weighing, plotting, interpretation
Interpretation, counseling, weighing, plotting
Weighing, plotting, interpretation, counseling
Counseling, weighing, plotting, interpretation
Question Twelve
The primary goal of community health nursing is to:
Contribute to national development through promotion of family welfare
Increase productivity of people by providing them with services that will increase their level of well being
Enhance the capacity of individuals, families and communities to meet their health needs
Support and supplement the efforts of the medical profession in the promotion of health and prevention of disease.
Question Thirteen
In community diagnosis, the steps at which plans formulated for solving community problems are implemented is
Community organization
Community health action
Community follow up
Community mobilization
Question Fourteen
Freedom of choice is one of the policies of family planning in Kenya. The statement which is in line with this principle is:
Encouraging couples to take family planning
Adequate information for couples regarding different methods
Support of research and development in family planning methods
Information dissemination about the need for family planning
Question Fifteen
Reconstituted BCG vaccine should be discarded after
2 hours
4 hours
6 hours
At the end of the day
Question Sixteen
Maternal mortality is calculated per
Crude death rate
1000 live births
100,000 live births
1,000 crude deaths
Question Seventeen
The most common side effect of intra-uterine contraceptive devices is
Nausea
Abdominal cramps
Increased menstrual flow
Cystitis
Question Eighteen
Community health action is defined as the process of
Gathering information on the health problems affecting the community
Analyzing the community health problem in order to plan for intervention
Providing health services to the community based on the identified problems
Identifying the health facilities available within the community
Question Nineteen
The indicators of growth rate include:
Birth rate, migration, mortality rate
Life expectancy, aging, birth rate
Fertility rate, migration, marriage
Fertility rate, morbidity, birth rate
Question Twenty
The live-attenuated vaccines are:
BCG, measles, polio
Tetanus toxoid, measles, polio
Pentavalent, measles, BCG
BCG, polio, Pentavalent
SECTION B: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS = 40 MARKS
Question One
State five roles of a family in disease prevention. (5 marks)
Question Two
Explain five health messages you would share with a mother after administration of BCG vaccine. (10 marks)
Question Three
State four factors that are considered while installing a KEPI refrigerator in MCH/FP clinic. (4 marks)
Question Four
Explain the steps used to establish the quantity of vaccines required in a health facility. (6 marks)
Question Five
State four characteristics of primary health care services. (4 marks)
Question Six
Explain four instructions given to a client following insertion of an intra-uterine contraceptive device. (4 marks)
Question Seven
State five factors that influence acceptance and continuation of family planning. (5 marks)
Question Eight
State two objectives of community health nursing. (2 marks)
SECTION C: LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS = 40 MARKS
Question One
A Community Health Nurse is required to assess and make a diagnosis of important problems of a community
Define community diagnosis
(1 mark)
Explain three factors that community diagnosis is based on.
(6 marks)
Describe the process of community diagnosis
(13 marks)
Question Two
A community health nurse is a number of the District Health Management team
State five functions of District Health Management Team.
(5 marks)
Describe the functions of District Public Health Nurse as a member of the District Health Management Team.
(15 marks)
Categories: Community Health Nursing II | (NRSG 112) | 1st trimester 2015
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