After implementing interventions and reassessing the client's response, the nurse completes the process by evaluating. Evaluation includes which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
1. Purposeful activity
2. Nursing accountability
3. Continuous
4. Judgments
5. Opinions
Correct Answer: 1,2,3,4
Rationale: Evaluating is a planned, ongoing, purposeful activity in which clients and health care professionals determine the client's progress toward achievement of goals/outcomes and the effectiveness of the nursing care plan. Evaluation is continuous and done while or immediately after implementing a nursing order. Through evaluating, nurses demonstrate responsibility and accountability for their actions. To evaluate is to judge or appraise. Through evaluation, the nurse is able to establish whether nursing interventions should be terminated, continued, or changed. Evaluation does not rest on opinion.
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