Evaluation Flashcards
Determine if your patient’s condition or well-being has improved
Evaluation
Nurses conduct evaluation measures to determine whether they have:
met expected patient outcomes, not whether their nursing interventions were complete
Once you deliver an intervention—continuously examine results by gathering subjective & objective
Reflection-in-action
gathering subjective & objective information from:
Patient
Family
Health care team
Review knowledge regarding: (3 things)
- Patients current condition
- Treatment
- Resources available for recovery
gathering data after going thru process
Reassessing
relevant, objective, and appropriate evaluative indicators of self-management include: (6 things)
ii. Self-efficacy
iii. Health behavior
iv. Health status
v. Health service utilization
vi. Quality of life
vii. Psychological Indicators
Self-management minimizes
the impact of chronic disease or sudden acute illness on physical health status
Enable people to cope with the psychological effect of an illness
to identify, label, validate, and classify nurse-sensitive patient outcomes;
Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)
Compare what with goals & outcomes?
Clinical data
Pt behavior measures
Pt self-report measures
What is important with detection?
EARLY detection is first line of defense when interpreting findings
Interpreting & summarizing findings
Problem is no longer a problem-can † out
compare actual & expected findings
Recognizing errors
Must have an open mind, pursue truth
Systematic use of evaluation
Modifying a care plan (4 things)
Reassessment
Redefining diagnosis
Goals & expected outcomes
Interventions
Nursing care help patients (4 things)
Resolve actual health problems
Prevent potential problems
Maintain a healthy state
Involve family & pt as well