Evaluation

=**Evaluation (N=2)**=


 * Definition:** Is a term borrowed from social research designating the process to detemining if a particular implementation (translation) of basic scientific findings (or theories) is effective in the real world
 * Source:** Bausell RB. Translation Research: Introduction to the Special Issue. Eval Health Prof 2006; 29(1):3-6.
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 * Definition:** Is a dynamic, ongoing process that provides feedback to all components of the plan for the utilization of nursing research. It provides a mechanism to monitor, revise, correct, and maintain the planned change.
 * Source:** MacLachlan LW. General considerations about the utilization of research by clinicians. In: Fraelich Phillips LR, editor. A clinician's guide to the critique and utilization of nursing research. Norwalk, CT: Appleton-Centruy-Crofts, 1986: 381-405.
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