A nurse begins to collect information about a particular health problem from community residents. Which of the following potential problems would most likely arise?

Question

a. Residents might become suspicious about why the nurse needs this information.
b. Residents might believe the nurse is becoming intrusive in their personal lives.
c. Residents might wonder why they are being asked about the problem when previous surveys may also have asked about the same problem.
d. Residents might begin to expect service to be given to address the problem.

Answer 1

ANS: D
Although the process of needs assessment can indicate strengths and weaknesses, it can also raise expectations for new services to address problems. It is also possible that this data collection may cause residents to become suspicious and wonder why this data collection is necessary. However, in most cases, this is not problematic. The problem will arise if residents expect that services will be provided when they may not.