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Community Needs Assessment Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is selecting goals for an educational program. Which method should be used?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Learners must be involved in determining their own health education needs and priorities. Both the formal and informal leadership would have useful information to share, but the crucial component is input from the target group.
Question 2 of 5
Which best describes the primary purpose of both the Health Belief Model (HBM) and Health Promotion Model (HPM) models?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The models are meant to provide an organizing framework to explain why individuals engage in health actions. Therefore, they are also useful in assessing patients' motivations and explaining their behavior.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse who is providing education spends more time being quiet than giving information. Which best explains this behavior?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The exchange of ideas and concerns creates a problem-posing dialogue and identifies root problems or generative themes. The group members themselves create relevant action plans that are congruent with their own reality. Therefore to be effective, the nurse must listen to ensure that teaching reflects what the group wants to learn. Demonstrating respect, encouraging group discussion, and being prepared are all important roles of the nurse, but the reason why the nurse is quiet is to listen and understand the issues the group faces.
Question 4 of 5
A very busy day is planned at a community health fair, and a nurse spends time greeting and meeting each person who walks in. Which best describes the rationale for this action?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The core of health education is the therapeutic and healing relationship between the nurse and clients. Inclusion and trust must be established before creating change. The nurse enhances inclusion by greeting clients on arrival in a warm fashion. Distribution of evaluation forms, informing participants of program sponsorship, and sending clients to the appropriate area of the health fair are not as important as the need for establishing a relationship.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse wants to make sure that the teaching materials and the communication channels being planned for use during an educational program will be effective. Which action should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Pretest the materials to obtain feedback about the understandability and acceptability of the materials with this particular audience. Learning in advance what works and what does not saves time and effort later. The best way to determine literacy level and congruency of available resources with the target group's needs is by pretesting the materials.