A nurse wants to make sure that the teaching materials and the communication channels being planned for use during an educational program will be effective. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
a. Create materials based on the goals of the program, assuming a low literacy level
b. Determine the reading level of the audience and the materials to be distributed
c. Only use materials that have been professionally developed by a commercial group
d. Pretest the materials with members of the target group to obtain feedback
ANS: D
Pretest the materials to obtain feedback about the understandability and acceptability of the materials with this particular audience. Learning in advance what works and what does not saves time and effort later. The best way to determine literacy level and congruency of available resources with the target group's needs is by pretesting the materials.
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