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Book-Applied Psychology BSc Nursing
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Previous Questions-Applied Psychology
*I will list out only the most repeated 10 Mark long essay and 5 Mark short essay questions because short answers will always change, if you prepare for essay questions properly you easily attempt short answer questions.
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10 Mark Long Essay Questions
- Describe the scope, branches and significance of psychology in nursing practice.
- Explain the biological basis of behavior with special reference to brain and behavior relationship.
- Describe the characteristics of a mentally healthy person and explain various defense mechanisms with examples relevant to nursing.
- Discuss the physical, psychosocial and cognitive development across different stages of life span and the role of nurse in supporting normal growth and development.
- Explain the concept of personality, its classification and the role of nurse in identification and improvement of altered personality.
- Describe the cognitive processes of attention and perception, and explain how they influence nursing care.
- Elaborate on the concept of intelligence, factors affecting intelligence, and its importance in nursing practice.
- Explain the process of learning, factors influencing learning, and how nurses can apply learning principles in patient education.
- Describe motivation, its types, theories and the motivation cycle with relevance to nursing practice.
- Discuss the concept of emotions, their development, alteration in emotions during sickness, and the role of nurse in handling emotions in self and others.
5 Mark Short Essay Questions
- Explain the relationship between psychology and other subjects.
- Describe how applied psychology helps to solve everyday issues in nursing.
- Discuss the body-mind relationship in health and illness.
- Explain the role of genetics and inheritance in human behavior.
- Describe the warning signs of poor mental health.
- Explain promotive and preventive mental health strategies for nurses.
- Discuss the role of nurse in reducing frustration and conflict in patients.
- Explain the psychological needs of vulnerable individuals.
- Describe the measurement and evaluation of personality.
- Explain the factors affecting attention and its alteration in illness.
- Discuss the principles of perception and factors affecting perception.
- Explain the concept of memory and methods to improve memory.
- Describe thinking, its types and problem-solving approaches in nursing.
- Explain the concept of aptitude and individual differences.
- Discuss stress and adaptation in relation to nursing practice.
- Explain attitudes and their role in health and sickness.
- Describe the role of nurse in psychological assessment.
- Discuss the concept of soft skills and their application in nursing.
- Explain the importance of communication skills in nurse-patient relationship.
- Describe the dimensions of self-empowerment for nurses.
Syllabus-Applied Psychology BSc Nursing
Unit 1: Introduction to Psychology
- Meaning of Psychology
- Development of psychology
- Scope, branches and methods of psychology
- Relationship with other subjects
- Significance of psychology in nursing
- Applied psychology to solve everyday issues
Unit 2: Biological Basis of Behavior
- Body mind relationship
- Genetics and behaviour
- Inheritance of behaviour
- Brain and behaviour
- Psychology and sensation – sensory process – normal and abnormal
Unit 3: Mental Health and Mental Hygiene
- Concept of mental health and mental hygiene
- Characteristic of mentally healthy person
- Warning signs of poor mental health
- Promotive and preventive mental health strategies and services
- Defense mechanism and its implication
- Frustration and conflict – types of conflicts and measurements to overcome
- Role of nurse in reducing frustration and conflict and enhancing coping
- Dealing with ego
Unit 4: Developmental Psychology
- Physical, psychosocial and cognitive development across life span
- Role of nurse in supporting normal growth and development across the lifespan
- Psychological needs of various groups in health and sickness
- Introduction to child psychology and role of nurse in meeting the psychological needs of children
- Psychology of vulnerable individuals
- Role of nurse with vulnerable groups
Unit 5: Personality
- Meaning, definition of personality
- Classification of personality
- Measurement and evaluation of personality
- Alteration in personality
- Role of nurse in identification of individual personality and improvement in altered personality
Unit 6: Cognitive Process
- Attention – definition, types, determinants, duration, degree and alteration in attention
- Perception – Meaning of Perception, principles, factor affecting perception
- Intelligence – Meaning, effects of heredity and environment, classification, measurement
- Learning – Definition, types, factors influencing learning, process, habit formation
- Memory – meaning, nature, factors influencing memory, methods to improve memory, forgetting
- Thinking – types, level, reasoning and problem solving
- Aptitude – concept, types, individual differences and variability
- Psychometric assessment of cognitive processes
- Alteration in cognitive processes
Unit 7: Motivation and Emotional Processes
- Motivation – meaning, concept, types, theories, motivation cycle, biological and special motives
- Emotions – Meaning, development, alteration of emotion, emotions in sickness, handling emotions
- Stress and adaptation – stress, stressor, cycle, effect, adaptation and coping
- Attitudes – Meaning, nature, factor affecting attitude, attitudinal change, role in health and sickness
- Psychometric assessment of emotions and attitude
- Role of nurse in caring for emotionally sick client
Unit 8: Psychological Assessment and Tests
- Types, development, characteristics, principles, uses, interpretation
- Role of nurse in psychological assessment
Unit 9: Application of Soft Skill
- Concept of soft skill
- Types of soft skill – visual, aural and communication skill
- The way of communication
- Building relationship with client and society
- Interpersonal Relationships (IPR)
- Strategies to overcome barriers
Unit 10: Self-empowerment
- Dimensions of self-empowerment
- Self-empowerment development
- Importance of women’s empowerment in society
- Professional etiquette and personal grooming
- Role of nurse in empowering others
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