The nursing supervisor is presenting the staff nurse with her yearly performance evaluation. This type of evaluation would be called:
A) outcome evaluation.
B) technical evaluation.
C) structural evaluation.
D) process evaluation.
E) goal evaluation.
Ans: D
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Process evaluation focuses on the nurse's performance and whether the nursing care provided was appropriate and competent. The phases of the nursing process are used as the framework for the evaluation of nursing care.
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