Question

A few nursing students revealed to a faculty advisor that they were concerned about the effects of their program demands on their personal health practices. Follow-up with other students indicated that this was a common concern among the student group. Further assessment showed that the students expressed their belief in the importance of maintaining good health practices, but that most students had discontinued weekday efforts because of their focus on school-related stress and limited economic resources. Faculty members supported the concept of integrated health programs and were prepared to develop a program as a project. To assess the need for health promotion among the group of students, which of the following assessment methods would be most useful?
A. Review of literature and consultation of faculty.
B. Individual student interview and questionnaire.
C. Physical assessment and health history.

Answer 1

Answer: B. Individual student interview and questionnaire.

Explanation:

The assessment method that would be most useful is one that collects primary data about what the students actually feel and express about their current problems with balancing their personal health practices and their program demands.

From the options this would be individual interviews and questionnaires. The Faculty will from here be able to gather first hand information about the problems the students have and enable them to institute integrated health programs to mitigate the problem.