Development of a Practice Evaluation Tool That Promote Completion of Practice and Development Ability to Practice for Municipal Public Health Nurse

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to discuss about a practice evaluation tool developed for municipal public health nurses.

Method: The practice evaluation tool consisted of an evaluation sheet and questions for use therewith an evaluation sheet. Public health nurses in four cities completed four trials designed to examine their use of the tool. Subsequent to each trail, we identified areas that required improvement, based on discussions and revised the tool accordingly.

Result: Need for improvement was identified in the following four areas: clarification of the purposes of the practice/program and arrangement of related information based on these purposes; recognition of public health nurses in discussions concerning relationship between the practice/program and municipal health and master plans and other practices/programs; preparation of simple and useful evaluation tools for use by public health nurses in their daily practice, and development of tools adapted to public health nurses’ thought processes.

Discussion: The practice evaluation tool could promote practice evaluation, develop public health nurses’ ability to practice, and be used by public health nurses in daily practice.