The community health nurse is evaluating if the project that was designed and implemented had the desired effect. Which part of the program plan's pathway logic model should the nurse refer to during this evaluation?

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To successfully evaluate the success of a program, it is helpful to first develop a pathway logic model that demonstrates the causal relationship between planned program activities and the expected outcome. The pathway serves to map out how planned work will produce a desired effect, or the expected impact: changes in groups and communities that are expected to occur if the program is successful. Activities are the actions planned for the program that, if accomplished, will deliver the intended output, or amount of service planned to be provided. Outcomes are the expected benefits that will occur if planned activities produce the desired output. The impact, then, is the change that will occur as a result of the expected outcomes. The nurse will compare the project's actual results to the expected impact to determine if the project was successful.

The Community Health Nurse Is Evaluating If the Project That