EVALUATING Flashcards
to judge or appraise. It is a planned activity to determine:
Evaluating
The client’s progress towards goals/outcomes.
Evaluating
The effectiveness of the nursing care plan.
Evaluating
Five Components of Evaluation
1. Collecting data related to the desired outcomes.
2. Comparing the data with desired outcomes.
3. Relating nursing activities to outcomes.
4. Drawing conclusions about problem status.
5. Continuing, modifying, or terminating the nursing care plan.
What are the Five Components of Evaluation
- Collecting data related to the desired outcomes.
- Comparing the data with desired outcomes.
- Relating nursing activities to outcomes.
- Drawing conclusions about problem status.
- Continuing, modifying, or terminating the nursing care plan.
Using the clearly stated, precise, and measurable desired outcomes as a
guide, the nurse collects data so that conclusions can be drawn about whether goals have been met.
Collecting data (related to the desired outcomes)
Comparing Data with Desired Outcomes
• Possible conclusions:
- The goal was met.
- The goal was partially met.
- The goal was not met.
The third phase of the evaluating process is determining whether the nursing activities had any relation to the outcomes.
relating nursing activities to outcomes
The nurse uses the judgments about goal achievement to determine whether the care plan was effective in resolving, reducing, or preventing client problems.
Drawing conclusion about problem status
Before making modifications, the nurse must determine the effectiveness of the plan as a whole.
continuing, modifying or terminating the nursing care plan
An ongoing process to evaluate and promote excellence in health care.
Quality Assurance (QA)
focuses on the setting in which care is given.
Structure evaluation
Focuses on how care was given.
Process evaluation
Focuses on demonstrable changes in the client’s health status as a result of nursing care.
outcome evaluation
what are the four evaluating the quality of nursing care?
Quality assurance
Structure evaluation
Process evaluation
Outcome evaluation
