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1. Which of the following best describes the steps in program
management?
a. Assess, plan, implement, evaluate
b. Identify, initiate, implement
c. Organize, operationalize, mobilize, subsidize
d. Substantiate, negotiate, evaluate - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ANS: A
The program management process is similar to the nursing process.
Program management consists of assessing, planning, implementing, and
evaluating a program.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: pp. 276-277
2. Which of the following best describes the ultimate goal of program
planning?
a. Avoid unanticipated conflicts in the program development phase
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,b. Provide adequate funding to meet the program's resource requirements
c. Ensure that health care services are acceptable, equal, effective, and
efficient
d. Prevent unnecessary duplication of services - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ANS: C
Although the other options are aspects of program planning, they address
only limited concerns. The comprehensive goal of program planning is to
ensure that health care services are acceptable, equal, efficient, and
effective.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: p. 277
3. Which of the following best describes the purpose of strategic planning?
a. To anticipate client needs now and in the future
b. To match client needs, provider strengths, and agency resources
c. To maximize effective use of agency resources
d. To utilize provider strengths and competencies - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ANS: B
Strategic planning involves matching client needs, provider strengths and
competencies, and agency resources. Everyone involved can anticipate
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, what will be needed to implement the program, what will occur during
implementation, and what the outcomes will be.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: p. 277
4. Which would be an appropriate descriptor that meets all criteria for
defining a client to be served by a program?
a. All women ages 40 to 50 who have not had a menstrual period for 3
consecutive months
b. Immigrants residing in Central County for less than 5 years who have
difficulty understanding care instructions because of limited English
proficiency
c. Pregnant women who have received nutritional counseling but whose
nutritional status did not improve
d. Children ages 18 months to 5 years old who have been treated for
nutritional deficiencies at the Central County Clinic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ANS:
B
The client should be defined by biological and psychosocial characteristics,
by geographical location, and by the problems to be addressed. For
example, in a community with a large number of preschool children who
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