Planned change is a well-thought-out effort designed to make something happen; all efforts are directed and targeted to produce change. According to Reinkemeyer's stages of planned change, when does implementation of a community health program occur?
A) Stage 3: Clarification or diagnosis of the community's problem, need, or objective
B) Stage 4: Examination of alternative routes and tentative goals and intention of actions
C) Stage 5: Transformation of intentions into actual change
D) Stage 6: Stabilization and evaluation
Ans: C
The third stage is to validate the community nursing diagnoses. Stage 4 is when planning occurs. Stage 5 is when intervention of the community health program occurs.
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