AMREF Virtual Nursing School End of Module Four Examination, Paper Two (E-Learning Programme): Psychiatric Nursing, Management and Leadership

The Paper Two end-of-module-four examination for the March 2007 class on the e-learning programme, sat on 20th August 2008 with the multiple choice answers circled and the remaining parts written on ruled paper. The psychiatric items take the indications for electroconvulsive therapy, the personality disorder of intense feelings about other people, identity confusion and fear of abandonment, the drug of choice in bipolar disorder, a case read through the DSM-IV classification, the paraphilia of watching unsuspecting persons, the criterion that does not belong to a manic episode, what the patient with cyclothymic disorder displays, psychosis related to pregnancy and childbearing, the condition in which physical symptoms appear without any organic disease and the item that is not an esteem need. The management items cover the document that states an institution's purpose and philosophy, how the most effective nurses use power, decision making, why people resist change, the three sequential functions of management, the interview and time management with its clutter, procrastination and perfectionism.