Summary
Contents
Subject index
This ground-breaking book is designed to enable nurses to understand the process of planned change. It presents overviews of three widely accepted change theories as well as a new systems-orientated planned change theory, and shows the implications of the theories for nursing practice.
Did It Work?: (Evaluation)
Did It Work?: (Evaluation)
Box 8.1: Looking Ahead
Chapter 8: Did It Work? (Evaluation)
Why and When to Evaluate
Who Should Evaluate
What to Evaluate
Approaches to Evaluation
Evaluation in Planned Change Theories
Box 8.2: KEY WORDS AND PHRASE
- ___ Formative evaluation
- ___ Goal-based evaluation
- ___ Goal-free evaluation
- ___ Individual-blame bias
- ___ Pro-innovation bias
- ___ Summative evaluation
Evaluation examines the degree to which the conduct and outcomes of a planned change event coincide with the values of people involved in it. Evaluation of a change episode can address the validity of the diagnosis; the impact of the innovation; the goodness of fit between the theory, strategies, and tactics and the change situation; and the effectiveness of the application of the change theory, strategies, and tactics.
Analysis is evaluation's twin sister. It precedes evaluation and identifies the ...
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