Priorities must be established for population-based program planning. Which of the following are criteria that are used to determine the importance of planning a program (select all that apply)?
a. Nurse's awareness of the problem
b. Motivation of community leadership and the nurse
c. Nurse's ability to influence solutions
d. Availability of relevant expertise
e. Severity of consequences
f. Speed with which a resolution can be achieved
C, D, E, F
The problems identified as part of the population assessment need to be ranked to determine rel-ative importance. Priorities are established by using predetermined criteria. The criteria recom-mended for determining the importance of a problem are community awareness of the problem, community motivation to resolve it, nurse's ability to influence problem solution, availability of relevant expertise, severity of consequences, and speed with which resolution can be achieved.
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