A Nurse Starts to Collect Evaluative Data for a Major

question 4

Multiple Choice

A nurse starts to collect evaluative data for a major health project one month after it starts. Which of the following best describes the purpose of this data collection?

• A) Filling out the forms helps the aggregate feel involved in the process.
• B) Formative evaluation allows the nurse to make changes if needed.
• C) Funding agencies require ongoing evaluations to continue contributing.
• D) The nurse needed to know if the desired outcomes were being achieved.

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Definitions:

Feature Integration Theory

A psychological theory proposing that the perception of individual visual features (such as color, orientation, size) are initially processed independently and then integrated to form the perception of a whole object.

Controlled Processes

Cognitive operations that require attention, are usually performed deliberately, and are under conscious control.

Automatic Processes

Mental activities that occur without conscious awareness or effort, often developed through repeated practice or learning.

Inattentional Blindness

The phenomenon of not perceiving a stimulus that might be literally right in front of you unless you are paying attention to it.