Week 2: chapter 14 Flashcards
A nurse is involved in planning a health promotion program in a community. What occurs after the program is designed and implemented?
a. Conducting a situational analysis
b. Monitoring the program
c. Identifying the issues of concern
d. Selecting the best alternatives
b. Monitoring the program
Which comment is true about program planning?
a. The process is linear
b. Steps can be repeated
c. The first step is to identify a problem
d. Evaluation is the final step
b. Steps can be repeated
A community group is using the program logic model to plan a new community wide system of bike and walking trails. What is true about the program logic model?
a. Shows how to document different facets of a program after evaluation
b. Provides a diagram of what the program is supposed to do, with whom, and why
c. Helpful when started from the top as it does not require specific target groups
d. Yields a diagram that provides rigid guidelines on the expected impacts of the
program
b. Provides a diagram of what the program is supposed to do, with whom, and why
A nurse is using the program logic model to develop a program to reduce adolescent sexually transmitted infections (STIs). What is an example of an activity in the CAT (Component, Activity, Target) stage?
a. Focus on 15- to 18-year-old females
b. Placing condom machines in washrooms
c. Determining risk behaviours
d. reducing STIs
b. Placing condom machines in washrooms
A group of nurses are using a program logic model to plan a new multicultural liaison program. What would be the most appropriate short-term outcome for the program?
a. Increasing awareness in the community of multicultural resources
b. Building the knowledge of health care workers on how to work with multicultural
groups
c. Building the knowledge of health care workers on how to access the liaison
program
d. Increasing appropriate use of the health care system for multicultural groups
c. Building the knowledge of health care workers on how to access the liaison
program
What does program evaluation primarily look at?
a. Methods to initiate change
b. What works and what else needs to be done
c. How best to meet the community’s needs
d. What can be achieved through standards of practice
b. What works and what else needs to be done
What will ensure that program monitoring and evaluation are more likely to be successful?
a. Uses a predetermined approach that focuses on a final report
b. Is designed to be participatory from the beginning
c. Utilizes conventional approaches
d. Has external measures of success using quantitative processes
b. Is designed to be participatory from the beginning
A nurse uses a SWOT analysis as part of the planning process. What information will this provide the nurse?
a. Sources of information
b. Timetable
c. Opportunities
d. Working plan
c. Opportunities
A nurse is using qualitative research strategies as part of the planning process. What question will be answered using this research approach?
a. Who
b. Why
c. When
d. How much less likely
b. Why
Callie is a new nurse who wants to analyze quantitative data about her community. What will be her first step?
a. Conduct a focus group
b. Develop a survey
c. Examine existing health status reports
d. Estimate program cost
c. Examine existing health status reports
A nurse is identifying priority interventions as part of community planning. What is a subjective criterion the nurse might use?
a. Size of the problem
b. Cost of the program
c. Consequences of the problem
d. Political will to address the problem
d. Political will to address the problem
David is planning, monitoring, and evaluating a community program on farm safety. He uses a tool to depict the timing and sequence of activities to ensure success of the program. What tool is David using?
a. Program evaluation tool kit
b. Gantt chart
c. Program logic model
d. SWOT
b. Gantt chart
Helga, a nurse manager, is involved in developing long-term strategic plans for her organization. What tool is she likely to be using?
a. Key informant interviews
b. SWOT analysis
c. Community assessment
d. Program logic model
d. Program logic model
What is an ongoing dynamic process that supports further refinement of program activities and helps to identify gaps or flaws in the original program design?
a. Evaluation
b. Planning
c. Assessment
d. Implementation
a. Evaluation
Why is it important for a nurse to engage with community partners while working on a community family violence prevention program?
a. Reduces program planning and implementation costs
b. Reflects the priorities of the public health department
c. Ensures the success of the program
d. Helps to build community commitment to the program
d. Helps to build community commitment to the program
What is included in the multiple intervention program framework?
a. Implement strategies suggested in the literature
b. Describe ecological determinants of the problem
c. Select the most economical strategy
d. optimize interventions
d. optimize interventions
A nurse is evaluating a bike safety program for school-age children. What would be an example of a spin-off?
a. Parents wearing helmets when biking
b. More children wearing helmets when biking
c. Reduction in head injuries in school-age children
d. Change in attitudes of children regarding use of helmets
a. Parents wearing helmets when biking
What type of reporting format is used to assemble quantitative data findings from research studies with a common objective?
a. Questionnaires
b. Surveys
c. Systematic reviews
d. Epidemiological studies
c. Systematic reviews
A nurse is planning a wellness centre and wants to ensure that her planning process is transparent. What does the nurse need to do?
a. Ensure that all voices are heard in the process and reflected in the final outcomes
b. Make sure identified needs and wants are operationalized into the proposed
interventions
c. Ensure that the process for selecting priorities is made apparent to those not
directly involved in the process
d. See that all suggestions and inputs are incorporated into the planning process
c. Ensure that the process for selecting priorities is made apparent to those not
directly involved in the process
A community group, including nurses, is concerned about the number of alcoholrelated deaths among high school students following graduation parties. How will the group do their program planning?
a. Address each phase of their framework before moving on to the next phase
b. Complete a planning framework after justifying the need for the program
c. Present their plan to funding agencies and then develop their framework
d. Participate in a complex process that helps to build consensus about priorities
d. Participate in a complex process that helps to build consensus about priorities
.A community group, including nurses, is concerned about the number of alcoholrelated deaths among high school students following graduation parties. A nurse is reviewing the qualitative data as part of the assessment of the problem. What will the nurse include in this review?
a. Interviews with senior students
b. Systemic reviews
c. School survey
d. Police reports
a. Interviews with senior students
A community group, including nurses, is concerned about the number of alcoholrelated deaths among high school students following graduation parties. How might the nurse package the qualitative data?
a. Matrices
b. Meta-analysis
c. Gantt chart
d. Integrative review
a. Matrices
A community group, including nurses, is concerned about the number of alcohol-related deaths among high school students following graduation parties. The community group uses the program logic model. What is an appropriate longterm outcome of the program?
a. Using a designated driver
b. Decrease in drinking in high school students
c. Awareness of the relationship between alcohol and death
d. Decrease in deaths
d. Decrease in deaths
A community group, including nurses, is concerned about the number of alcoholrelated deaths among high school students following graduation parties. The group is selecting the priorities for the program. What will guide the group in this process?
a. Obtaining agreement from managers on the process to ensure their support
b. Ensuring the priorities address all the identified needs
c. Holding a community meeting to set priorities
d. Communicating a list of priorities to the community
a. Obtaining agreement from managers on the process to ensure their support
