MEDICAL NURSING—9th June, 1915.

Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume VIII, Issue 3, 1 July 1915, Page 149

MEDICAL NURSING—9th June, 1915.

Time allowed : Three hours,

N.B. — Candidates are expected to answer every question. Answers must be brief, and to the point.

1 . Describe the mechanism by which the temperature of the body is regulated in health. What measures may bo taken to reduce hyperpyrexia ? 2. You are required to nurse a stout female patient, aged sixty-five (65) years, suffering from right-sided cerebral haemorrhage. Describe her symptoms, and give details of the special requirements of such a case. 3. What are the charac eristics of the vomiting in— (a.) Cerebral tumour ? (b.) Marasmus ? (c.) General peritonitis ? (d.) Duodenal ulcer ? What are the symptoms of cerebral tumour ? 4. What are the causes of gastric pain ? Describe the chief features of the pain in each condition. 5. Write out in detail a diet scale for twentyfour hours in cases of — (a.) Enteric fever during the second week in the case of an adult male. (b.) Gastric ulcer with haematemesis in a girl twenty (20) years of age. (c.) Chronic valvular disease of i the heart in an old woman. 6. Describe fully the precautions you would take to prevent the spread of infection in a case of scarlet-fever. Describe also the symptoms of the case, and the treatment used to relieve them.