Which component of the nursing process involves determining whether the goals of an intervention were achieved?

• A. Assessment.
• B. Diagnosis.
• C. Implementation.
• D. Evaluation.

Answer: (D)

Evaluation is the phase where you judge whether the patient met the planned outcomes. It involves reviewing status and outcome data, comparing actual results to the expected goals, and deciding whether to continue, revise, or discontinue interventions. This is the step that tells you if the intervention worked and what to do next.

Assessment is about gathering data and establishing baselines, diagnosis is about identifying problems based on those data, and implementation is the action of carrying out the planned interventions. The key question in this part of the process is whether the goals were achieved, which is the focus of evaluation.