NUR426 Exam 2 Questions and
Correct Answers| Updated
What should a group expect to come up with after assessing a community?
Clear goals and objectives to address an identified issue
What is an example of community mapping strategy?
Walking through a community to perform direct observation
What is a population-focused assessment?
It focuses on certain age range or population with a specific health characteristics that may put
the group at risk
What is a problem or health-issue-based assessment?
It focuses on a specific problem or health issue like teenagers behavior choices
What is a health impact assessment?
Impact of policies, plans, and projects in diverse economic sector using quantitative, qualitative,
and participatory techniques
,What does the team leader have to do when performing a community assessment?
Prioritize which task is the most important to do first
e.g. Performing a windshield survey
What does community competence measure?
-Containment of conflict
-How people work together
-Commitment to the community
-Use of local services
Upon completing a community assessment, data shows that the numbers of motor vehicle
accidents will most likely increase in an area close to a supermarket. As a nurse, what do you
know?
Sidewalks are needed in this area of the community
What is community-based participatory research (CBPR)?
To determine that community members are fully engaged in community assessment, members
must have a shared vision of the community assessment, what they want their community to be
like
, What is secondary data?
Comes from information that was already available from previous data collected
e.g. Reviewing previous records
What is the process of a community assessment?
-Assessment
-Evaluation of assessment process
-Planning
e.g. If a new nurse jumped right into the planning phase after completing an assessment, this is
an indication that the new nurse requires more training
What is a windshield survey?
-Primary data collection that can help the team get an initial understanding of the community
and is sometimes viewed as part of a preassessment phase
-A drive-through or walkthrough the community to observe the community
-The idea is to observe the community to help in understanding it prior to conducting a more
formal assessment
What do you look for in the community during the assessment phase of community program
planning?
Correct Answers| Updated
What should a group expect to come up with after assessing a community?
Clear goals and objectives to address an identified issue
What is an example of community mapping strategy?
Walking through a community to perform direct observation
What is a population-focused assessment?
It focuses on certain age range or population with a specific health characteristics that may put
the group at risk
What is a problem or health-issue-based assessment?
It focuses on a specific problem or health issue like teenagers behavior choices
What is a health impact assessment?
Impact of policies, plans, and projects in diverse economic sector using quantitative, qualitative,
and participatory techniques
,What does the team leader have to do when performing a community assessment?
Prioritize which task is the most important to do first
e.g. Performing a windshield survey
What does community competence measure?
-Containment of conflict
-How people work together
-Commitment to the community
-Use of local services
Upon completing a community assessment, data shows that the numbers of motor vehicle
accidents will most likely increase in an area close to a supermarket. As a nurse, what do you
know?
Sidewalks are needed in this area of the community
What is community-based participatory research (CBPR)?
To determine that community members are fully engaged in community assessment, members
must have a shared vision of the community assessment, what they want their community to be
like
, What is secondary data?
Comes from information that was already available from previous data collected
e.g. Reviewing previous records
What is the process of a community assessment?
-Assessment
-Evaluation of assessment process
-Planning
e.g. If a new nurse jumped right into the planning phase after completing an assessment, this is
an indication that the new nurse requires more training
What is a windshield survey?
-Primary data collection that can help the team get an initial understanding of the community
and is sometimes viewed as part of a preassessment phase
-A drive-through or walkthrough the community to observe the community
-The idea is to observe the community to help in understanding it prior to conducting a more
formal assessment
What do you look for in the community during the assessment phase of community program
planning?
