What it means
The last step of the nursing processNUR-sing PRAH-sesThe step-by-step method nurses use to plan and give care: assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate.Full entry . After giving care, the nurse checks how the client responded and asks: was the goal met, partly met or not met? The answer decides whether the plan of carePLAN uv KAIRA written plan that lists a client's problems, goals and the nursing actions to reach them.Full entry continues, changes or ends. On the exam, an evaluation question asks which finding shows that a treatment or teaching worked, or did not.
For the nurse
Evaluating a client's response needs a nurse's judgment, so it is not delegated to a UAPyou-ay-pee (said as letters)Unlicensed assistive personnel: trained workers without a nursing license, such as nursing assistants, who help with client care.Full entry . Compare the result with the goal, for example pain from 8/10 to 3/10 within an hour of a pain medicine, and record it.
In a chart
"Evaluation: client walked 100 feet in the hall without shortness of breath; goal met."
At a glance
| Spanish | evaluar |
|---|---|
| Also written | evaluation, evaluates, evaluated, evaluating, evaluations |
Related terms
assess
To gather information about a client by looking, listening, asking, measuring and examining.
intervention
An action taken to help a client, such as a treatment, a test, a teaching session or a nursing action.
nursing process
The step-by-step method nurses use to plan and give care: assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate.
plan of care
A written plan that lists a client's problems, goals and the nursing actions to reach them.