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Past Questions — 2018

Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

The psychological disorders and problems that may be seen in children includes the following EXCEPT

A) tic
B) delinquency
C) enuresis
D) phimosis
Phimosis is a physical/genitourinary condition rather than a psychological disorder.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

Recurrent, episodic, paroxysmal, involuntary clinical events associated with abnormal electrical activity from the neurons is known as

A) convulsion
B) meningitis
C) encephalitis
D) epilepsy
Epilepsy is characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures from abnormal neuronal electrical activity.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

While performing routine antenatal examination, the nurse is aware that edema in pregnancy may be due to

A) pre eclampsia
B) cardiac failure
C) physiological
D) all of these
Physiological edema, preeclampsia and cardiac failure can all cause edema.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

The number of NEW cases occurring in a defined population during a specified period of time is termed

A) mortality
B) incidence
C) prevalence
D) morbidity
Incidence counts new cases over a specified period.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

The most crucial stage of labour is _________ of labour

A) First Stage
B) Second stage
C) Third stage
D) All stages
The second stage is traditionally described as crucial because of the rapid fetal descent/birth.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

True postpartum haemorrhage is a blood loss in excess of 500ml which occurs

A) subsequent to expulsion of placenta
B) before expulsion of placenta
C) beyond 24 hours and within puerperium
D) none of these
Primary PPH is classically excessive blood loss within 24 hours after birth, commonly after placental delivery.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

The uterus, at term pregnancy, measures about ________ in length

A) 20 cm
B) 25 cm
C) 30 cm
D) 35 cm
The uterine length at term is approximately 30 cm.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

In case of mild puerperal sepsis, lochial discharge is

A) scanty
B) odourless
C) offensive and copious
D) none of these
Infection can make lochia foul-smelling and increased.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

Lochia serosa lasts for about

A) 1- 4 days
B) 5- 9 days
C) 10- 15 days
D) 15 – 20 days
Lochia serosa generally follows lochia rubra around days 4–10.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

Under Five clinic service includes

A) care in illness
B) family planning
C) oral rehydration
D) all of these
Illness care, family planning and ORS services can be included in the under-five clinic package.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

Treatment of ADHD involves the following drugs EXCEPT

A) amphetamine
B) antidepressants
C) barbiturates
D) lithium carbonate
Barbiturates are not standard ADHD treatment.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

One of the disadvantages of over head projector as an AV Aids is

A) it provides one way communication
B) eye contact can be maintained
C) less pollutant
D) cheapest of all projected aids
An OHP does not inherently support two-way interaction; it is a projection medium.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

The features of true labour pain includes-

A) ‘show’
B) formation of ‘bag of waters’
C) progressive effacement
D) all of these
Show, bag of waters and progressive cervical effacement/dilatation are associated with true labour.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

A 4years old child accidentally splashes detergents into his eyes. Eye decontamination may be achieved by copious irrigation with

A) alkaline irrigating solution
B) water
C) acid
D) none of these
Immediate copious irrigation with clean water is appropriate.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

Prolonged deficiency of vitamin A in children’s diet may result in a syndrome of

A) Marasmus
B) Kwashiorkor
C) Xerophthalmia
D) none of these
Vitamin A deficiency causes xerophthalmia.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

Varicella zoster immune gamma globulin may be administered intramuscularly to infants for prevention of

A) chicken pox
B) measles
C) mumps
D) poliomyelitis
VZIG is used to prevent/severity-reduce varicella after exposure.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

Dissolution in the continuity of the uterine wall any time beyond 28 weeks of pregnancy is called

A) Subinvolution
B) Oligohydramnios
C) Rupture of uterus
D) None of these
This is the definition of uterine rupture.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

According to the National Immunization Schedule, OPV booster dose is given at

A) 10- 14 weeks
B) 9 – 12 months
C) 16- 24 months
D) none of these
The traditional schedule places the OPV booster around 16–24 months.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

The main events that occur in first stage of labour

A) dilatation & effacement of cervix
B) full formation of lower uterine segment
C) both (a) & (b)
D) none of these
The first stage includes cervical dilatation/effacement and formation of the lower uterine segment.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

In a vertex presentation, where the occiput is placed posteriorly over the sacro- iliac joint or directly over the sacrum, it is called

A) breech presentation
B) occipito- posterior position
C) face presentation
D) none of these
Posterior occiput over the sacroiliac joint or sacrum is occipito-posterior position.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

Combined oral pills as a spacing method of contraception is given orally for 21 consecutive days beginning on the ........... day of the menstrual cycle

A) 4th
B) 5th
C) 6th
D) 7th
The traditional schedule in this older nursing question starts combined pills on day 5.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

Performing an act that a reasonably prudent person under similar circumstances would not do is termed as

A) negligence
B) malpractice
C) fraud
D) defamation
Negligence is failure to act with reasonable prudence.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

A client with schizophrenia hears a voice telling him he is evil and must die. This implies that the client is experiencing

A) a delusion
B) flight of ideas
C) ideas of reference
D) a hallucination
Hearing a voice without external stimulus is an auditory hallucination.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

An infant usually doubles his birth weight by the age of

A) 3 months
B) 4 months
C) 5 months
D) 6 months
Typical doubling occurs by about 5 months.
Nursing Officer • 2018 • Paper-II

The first- line therapy for acute otitis media in children is

A) cefuroxime
B) amoxicillin- clavulanic acid
C) amoxicillin
D) azithromycin
Amoxicillin is standard first-line therapy in uncomplicated childhood AOM.