title: Evaluation of nursing care in terms of process and outcome: issues in research and quality assurance.
abstract: Approaches to patient care evaluation (process, outcome, and process-outcome) are placed in perspective and organized into a framework which clarifies the need for working toward the goal of process-outcome evaluation. Some issues of interest to researchers and to quality control programs are discussed, and recommendations are made.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010380:Peer Review; D011366:Professional Review Organizations; D011786:Quality Control; D012106:Research