Open AccessDie Evaluering Van Verpleging In Suid-Afrika
Author(s) -
H Steenberg
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v1i3.172
Subject(s) - action (physics) , process (computing) , institution , process management , nursing , computer science , operations management , psychology , business , medicine , engineering , political science , law , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
In any institution there must be a system of evaluation but it is important to remember that evaluation will be useless unless it follows careful planning. Planning gives direction for action. The planning process includes formulation of an objective towards which purposeful action, to the best of nursing ability, will be directed. Whenever a specific nursing procedure is decided on, provision must at the planning stage be made for continuous testing of the effectivity of the procedure in terms of predetermined objectives which the specific procedure is required to reach. These objectives will serve as the established criteria for evaluation