EVALUATION

• is assessment the client’s response to nursing interventions and then comparing that response to predetermined standards or outcome criteria.

Purpose: To appraise the extent to which goals and outcome criteria of nursing care have been achieved.

Activities:

1. Collect data about the client’s response.
2. Compare the client’s response to goals and outcome criteria.
3. The four possible judgments that may be made are as follows:

• The goal was completely met.
• The goal was partially met.
• The goal was completely unmet.
• New problems & nursing diagnosis have developed.

1. Analyze the reasons for the outcomes.
2. Modify plan of care as needed.

Other Nursing Articles you may want to look at:

• Outcome Identification
• NURSING PROCESS
• Planning
• IMPLEMENTATION
• ROLE OF CIRCULATING NURSE
• NURSING AS A PROFESSION
• Head-To-Toe Assessment (D. Eye lids and Lacrimal Apparatus)
• Diagnosis - Second Step in the Nursing Process
• Roles & Responsibilities of a Nurse
• Nursing Theory and Theorists

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