As a community health nurse, you are planning interventions for the community. Which of the following should be considered first?
a. Interventions must be thoroughly researched to ensure they are evidence based.
b. Interventions must be designed to include specific culturally diverse populations of thecommunity
c. Key community or population group representatives must be included in the planning.
d. Interventions must be planned to be cost effective and to include complementary
therapies.
C
Planning always involves a collaborative process with the clients first to ensure the intervention is
designed to fit the specific needs of the clients, to build on assets, to take into account existing
resources, and to ensure that follow-through is more likely. Interventions need to be evidence based
whenever possible. Cultural diversity should also be taken into consideration when designing
interventions.
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