Exploring assessment: a basic tool to care management in public health

Authors

  • Olga Laura Giraldi Peterlini
  • Ivete Palmira Sanson Zagonel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v8i2.1690

Keywords:

Asessment, health evaluation, care management.

Abstract

The objective of this article is to
discuss methodological concepts and approaches
related to assessment in the exercise of nursing care
management. In daily practice of care management,
nurses should have abilities and knowledge to carry
out planning, organization, coordination, execution
and assessment actions. Assessment is a lifeinvolving
endeavor which is present in many daily
nursing practices. The importance of evaluation in
the field of health is due to its process, multifaceted,
and social character. Evaluation makes possible to
obtain grounded information for the decision making
process, for the assessment of efficacy,
effectiveness, and efficiency of health actions as well
as for reorientation of these actions towards the
actual needs of the communities. Thus, evaluation
allows for a reflective process of praxis and
generates both changes in the real world and growth
of the individuals involved in the action that was
evaluated.

How to Cite

Peterlini, O. L. G., & Zagonel, I. P. S. (2003). Exploring assessment: a basic tool to care management in public health. Cogitare Enfermagem, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v8i2.1690

Issue

Section

REVIEW