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danielfitts88 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

A community/public health nurse wanted to use normative-referenced evaluation to determine the effectiveness of an environmental pollution program in the community. After examining the number of asthma-related admissions at the local children's hospital,

which of the following actions should the nurse take?
a. Compare the admission levels attributable to asthma before and after the implementation.
b. Compare the admission levels attributable to asthma with the admission levels attributable to accidents.
c. Determine whether the admissions were attributable to asthma or other respiratory problems.
d. Determine whether there were zero admissions because of the decreased incidence of asthma after the intervention.

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a criterion-referenced evaluation?

a. Comparing the population with regard to the factor of interest before and after the intervention
b. Comparing the population with another population with regard to the factor of interest
c. Determining whether the objective is appropriate for the program
d. Determining whether the objective was reached at the desired level