Basic Nursing 1st Edition by Judith Wilkinson, Leslie Treas

Exercise 4

• Explain what is evaluated in each of the following types of evaluation (i.e., the focus of each type of evaluation): structure, process, and outcomes.
• Identify what is evaluated in the list below using the following criteria: structure, process, or outcomes. In the Emergency Department, the time from patient sign-in to assessment by a healthcare worker will be less than 15 minutes. A fire extinguisher is located in an accessible spot on each unit. No patients with indwelling urinary catheters will develop urinary tract infection.
• Define the following: ongoing evaluation, intermittent evaluation, terminal evaluation.