An evaluator's perspective

Woody, M.F.

Nursing Research 29(2): 74-77

1980


ISSN/ISBN: 0029-6562
PMID: 6899072
Document Number: 157457
The importance of differentiating between evaluation (an overview of nursing care) and research (a biopsy of nursing care) is stressed. Evaluations are designed to influence nursing care; research is not. In evaluations, feedback is ongoing and dynamic; in research, variables are controlled for change. Magnitude of occurrence and amenability should determine priority of problem selection.

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