A Nursing Student Does Not Understand the Difference Between Evaluation

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.