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Community Needs Assessment Questions Questions
Question 1 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 2 of 5
A nurse is trying to determine a client's reading level. Which action should be taken by the nurse?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Any of the responses might be effective at assessing literacy, but the single question asking how often help might be needed is the fastest and easiest. Nurses are limited in the time available for assessment. One question is easier for a client than a complete assessment tool. Asking about years of education can be dismaying to someone who did not complete many years of formal schooling. Clients may not understand the question when asked to assess their own health literacy.
Question 3 of 5
Which best describes what Knowles says is especially typical of adult learners?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Knowles suggests all learners want to know why they need to learn material. Material related to previous life experiences, current developmental tasks, or dealing with current challenges is useful and accepted by adult learners. Material chosen by professionals based on what might happen in the future or that ignores barriers such as lack of resources or low self-esteem will not be retained. Active participation through discussion with others helps involve and motivate adult learners.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse involved with a community group told peers that the group was learning networking, negotiating, lobbying, and information seeking. Which provides the best explanation for why the nurse is not working toward a noticeable improvement in health status for the group?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Nurses use empowerment strategies when helping people develop skills in problem solving, critical thinking, networking, negotiating, lobbying, and information seeking to enhance health. Because health problems have social and political aspects, group members must develop action strategies. Health problems are complex and do not usually have easy and immediate solutions. The nurse is using these strategies to promote involvement by the members of the community group to help change their health status in the future. These strategies do not focus on teaching, rather on group empowerment. These strategies do not suggest that the nurse is trying to obtain free health care for the group members or that there are limited resources available to change the health status of the group.
Question 5 of 5
Which activity would be most helpful to a person in whom a serious chronic illness has been diagnosed?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Although a person might choose to do any of these, the most helpful action over the long term is to join a support group with persons having the same diagnosis for mutual learning, sharing of resources, and support. Religious leaders could also be helpful, but many people do not have a religious leader.