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Previous Questions- Nursing Foundation1
* as I told you before in the first-semester exam pattern in the first semester for nursing foundation1 you do not have a university exam but in college, you will have internal and practical exams for nursing foundation1, in 2nd sem you will write a university exam for this subject along with nursing foundation2 both papers for 75 marks. So here I will list out only NF-1 Questions which will help you prepare for internal exams.
*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.
10 Mark Long Essay Questions
- Define health and illness. Explain the dimensions of health, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and factors influencing health.
- Describe the levels of illness prevention and explain the organization of the healthcare delivery system in India.
- Trace the history of nursing in India and explain the nature, scope, and functions of nursing as a profession.
- Explain the process of communication, and its types, and discuss therapeutic and non-therapeutic communication techniques in nursing practice.
- Describe the guidelines for taking vital signs, and explain the physiology, assessment techniques, and alterations in body temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure.
- Explain the principles and techniques of infection control, and describe the chain of infection and standard precautions to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
- Describe the factors influencing comfort, types of beds and therapeutic positions, and explain the physiology of sleep and factors affecting sleep.
- Explain the concept of pain, its types, and assessment techniques, and discuss pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management strategies.
- Describe the principles of body mechanics, effects of immobility, and nursing interventions for impaired body alignment and mobility.
- Define First Aid, explain its basic principles, and discuss the first aid management of wounds, haemorrhage, and shock.
5 Mark Short Essay Questions
- Explain the health-illness continuum and its significance in nursing practice.
- Describe the types of healthcare agencies and services available in India.
- Discuss the code of ethics and professional conduct for nurses in India.
- Explain the helping relationship (Nurse-Patient Relationship) – its purposes and phases.
- Describe the purposes, types, and techniques of recording and reporting in nursing.
- Explain the guidelines for documentation and legal implications in nursing records.
- Discuss the types of beds and their specific purposes in patient care.
- Explain the assessment and management of fever in patients.
- Describe the factors affecting blood pressure and common errors in BP assessment.
- Explain the types, maintenance, and inventory of equipment and linen in hospitals.
- Discuss the concept of asepsis and differentiate between medical and surgical asepsis.
- Explain biomedical waste management and its importance in healthcare settings.
- Describe the types of restraints, their purposes, indications, and legal implications.
- Explain the admission procedure and preparation of the unit for a new patient.
- Discuss the discharge planning process and the nurse’s role in the discharge of a patient.
- Explain the principles of body mechanics and their application in nursing practice.
- Describe the effects of immobility on various body systems.
- Explain the process of patient education and its integration with the nursing process.
- Describe the first aid management of musculoskeletal injuries.
- Explain the first aid management of respiratory emergencies and basic CPR.
Syllabus- Nursing Foundation1 BSc Nursing
Unit 1: Introduction to Health and Illness
- Concept of Health – Definitions (WHO), Dimensions
- Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
- Health–Illness continuum
- Factors influencing health
- Causes and risk factors for developing illnesses
- Illness – Types, illness behaviour
- Impact of illness on patient and family
Unit 2: Health Care Delivery Systems
- Levels of Illness Prevention – Primary, Secondary and Tertiary
- Levels of Care – Primary, Secondary and Tertiary
- Types of health care agencies/services
- Hospitals – Types, Organization and Functions
- Healthcare teams in hospitals – members and their role
Unit 3: History of Nursing and Nursing as a Profession
- History of Nursing, History of Nursing in India
- Contributions of Florence Nightingale
- Nursing – Definition, philosophy, objectives, characteristics, nature and scope
- Nursing as a profession – definition and characteristics
- Values – Introduction – meaning and importance
- Code of ethics and professional conduct for nurses
Unit 4: Communication and Nurse-Patient Relationship
- Communication – Levels, Elements and Process, Types, Modes, Factors
- Methods of effective communication/therapeutic communication techniques
- Barriers to effective communication/non-therapeutic communication techniques
- Professional communication
- Helping Relationships (Nurse-Patient Relationship) – Purposes and Phases
- Communicating effectively with patients, families and team members
- Maintaining effective human relations with vulnerable groups
Unit 5: Documentation and Reporting
- Documentation – Purposes of Reports and Records
- Confidentiality
- Types of Client Records/Common Record-keeping forms
- Methods/Systems of Documentation/Recording
- Guidelines for documentation
- Do’s and Don’ts of documentation/Legal guidelines
- Reporting – Change of shift reports, Transfer reports, Incident reports
Unit 6: Vital Signs
- Guidelines for taking vital signs
- Body temperature – Definition, Physiology, Regulation, Factors, Assessment, Alterations
- Pulse – Definition, Physiology, Regulation, Characteristics, Assessment, Alterations
- Respiration – Definition, Physiology, Regulation, Mechanics, Assessment, Alterations
- Blood pressure – Definition, Physiology, Regulation, Assessment, Alterations
- Documenting Vital Signs
Unit 7: Equipment and Linen
- Types – Disposables and reusable
- Linen, rubber goods, glassware, metal, plastics, furniture
- Introduction – Indent, maintenance, Inventory
Unit 8: Introduction to Infection Control in Clinical Setting
- Nature of infection
- Chain of infection
- Types of infection
- Stages of infection
- Factors increasing susceptibility to infection
- Body defences against infection
- Healthcare-associated infection (Nosocomial infection)
- Asepsis – Medical & Surgical asepsis
- Hand Hygiene, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Standard precautions
- Biomedical Waste management
- Types of hospital waste, waste segregation and hazards- introduction
Unit 9: Comfort, Rest & Sleep and Pain
- Comfort – Factors Influencing Comfort, Types of beds, Therapeutic positions
- Sleep and Rest – Physiology, Factors affecting sleep, Promoting Rest and sleep
- Pain (Discomfort) – Physiology, Common causes, Types, Assessment, Management
Unit 10: Promoting Safety in Health Care Environment
- Physical environment – Temperature, Humidity, Noise, Ventilation, Light
- Reduction of Physical hazards – fire, accidents
- Fall Risk Assessment
- Role of nurse in providing a safe and clean environment
- OtherSafetyDevices–
- Siderails, Grabbars, Ambu alarms, non-
- skid slippers etc.
Unit 11: Hospital Admission and Discharge
- Admission to the hospital Unit and preparation of the unit
- Admission
- Admission procedure
- Medico-legal issues
- RolesandResponsibilitiesofthenurse
- • Dischargefromthehospital
- Types–
- Planned discharge, LAMA and Abscond,
- Referrals and transfers
- Discharge Planning
- Discharge procedure
- Medico-legal issues
- RolesandResponsibilitiesofthenurse
Unit 12: Mobility and Immobility
- Elements of Normal Movement, Alignment & Posture
- Principles of body mechanics
- Factors affecting Body Alignment and activity
- Exercise – Types and benefits
- Effects of Immobility
- Nursing interventions for impaired Body Alignment and Mobility
Unit 13: Patient Education
- Patient Teaching – Importance, Purposes, Process
- Integrating the nursing process in patient teaching
Unit 14: First Aid
- Definition, Basic Principles, Scope & Rules
- First Aid Management for various emergencies