A Nursing Student Does Not Understand the Difference Between Evaluation

question 24

Multiple Choice

A nursing student does not understand the difference between evaluation and assessment - both are ongoing and both are areas of data collection. In order to differentiate between the two, the student should remember that:

• A) the difference is in how the data are used.
• B) evaluation is completed at the end of the process.
• C) assessment is done at the beginning of the process.
• D) they are the same and there is no need to differentiate.