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Processes, outcomes and evaluation: challenges to practice development in gerontological nursing.

Jane Conway1, Mary FitzGerald

  • 1Central Coast Health, New South Wales, Australia. jconway@doh.health.nsw.gov.au

Journal of Clinical Nursing
|February 24, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Evaluation can enhance practice development by integrating it into the process. Beginning practitioners can use critical reflection, dialogue, and action learning for formative evaluation, supporting gerontological nursing practice development.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Practice and Quality Improvement
  • Gerontological Nursing
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Evaluation is crucial for enhancing practice developers' work when aligned with participant needs.
  • Integrating evaluation into practice development, rather than treating it as an add-on, is essential.
  • Gerontological nursing practice development requires tailored evaluation approaches.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how evaluation can be integrated into practice development.
  • To identify methods for beginning practitioners to conduct evaluations.
  • To clarify the scope and nature of evaluation needed for gerontological nursing practice development.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing practice development techniques such as critical reflection, dialogue, and action learning.

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  • Employing iterative and formative evaluation activities.
  • Considering the purpose and utility of evaluation in various gerontological nursing contexts.

    • Main Results:

    • Process evaluation allows practice developers to evaluate concurrently with development.
    • Critical reflection, dialogue, and action learning support iterative and formative evaluation.
    • Understanding evaluation's purpose clarifies its scope for sustaining practice development.

    Conclusions:

    • Evaluation, when integrated, enhances practice development and supports gerontological nursing.
    • Formative evaluation methods are accessible to beginning practitioners.
    • Appropriate evaluation provides evidence of patient-centered outcomes in gerontological nursing.