A national study of nursing education's use of a model of program evaluation.

This study indicates nursing educators have developed a sensitivity to the issues of program evaluation, are interested and committed to demonstrating accountability to their various audiences through the process of program evaluation, and recognize the contribution a model of program evaluation can make to the evaluative procedures they must implement. At this time, however, nursing education could benefit from the introduction of a new or revised model of program evaluation that is easily understood by the nursing faculty and adapts well to the specific concerns of the nurse educator.