Definition and Importance of Evaluation in Nursing Education

Evaluation is a systematic process that judges the worth or value of something. It is a critical component of other processes such as the ______ process.

To ensure staff and students have knowledge, skills, and attitudes that demonstrate competencies in delivering safe, high-quality care, nurses must provide evidence that what they do as educators makes a ______ difference.

The steps in evaluation include focus, design, conduct, analyze and interpret, ______, and use.

Evaluation is a way to provide data to demonstrate ______.

The results of evaluation are useless if they are not used to guide ______ action.

Evidence-based practice (EBP) involves the conscientious use of current best ______ in making patient care decisions

Practice-based evidence (PBE) involves systematic data collection about client progress generated during treatment to enhance care quality and ______

Assessment involves initially gathering, summarizing, interpreting, and using data to decide a direction for action, while evaluation involves gathering, summarizing, interpreting, and using data after an activity has been completed to determine the extent to which an action was ______

In planning any evaluation, the first and most crucial step is to determine the focus of the ______

Five basic focus components of evaluation include Audience, Purpose, Questions, Scope, and ______