Unit 8 Flashcards
Evaluation of care should always lead to
The reactivation of the process of care as the client care cycle continues.
What is the purpose of evaluation of care?
To determine the success of the care plan intervention stategies at achieving the proposed care plan goals
Evaluation of care allows the clinican to _____________ of client-centered goals
Measure the short-term achievement
Evaluation is
To determine whether the goals have been attained
To determine if the care outcomes hae been attained
To verify that the client has received the planned services
To determine the client’s level of satisfaction with the services/care provided
To allow the dental hygienist to modify dental hygiene intervention plans and programs based on outcome measures, changing needs, and new information
To determine the future needs and futher care of the client
When is the dental hygienist expected to communicate and collaborate with the client about the goals, and or interventions performed to be performed?
At every appointment
All dental intervention plans must include evaluation _________
Framework
Failure to evaluate the client goals leaves the dental hygienist
Ignorant of the status of the client and whether the implemented care has made any difference
Failure to evaluate is an indication of the
Unwillingness to assume responsibility for quality of care provided
Failure to evalutate demonstrates
A lack of professional accountability the client records fo not state the outcome if the care in the cliet’s file/record
Failure to evaluate the status of the client after care may be ground for
Negligence or malpractice “supervised neglect”
The types of evaluation used in dental hygiene
Process Evaluation
Outcome Evaluation
Structural Evaluation
What type of evaluation focuses solely on the activities of the clinican?
Process evaluation
What type of evaluation focuses on the client’s status, client’s satisfaction with care, and progress toward goal attainment and maintenance patterns of the client?
Outcome evaluaton
What type of evaluation has the attention place on the client’s surroundings where dental hygiene intervations take place?
Structural evaluation
The general assumptions are that quality care will be delivered if
All three forms of evaluation are optimal
When is evaluation done?
Ongoing during client care (such as plaque record) and terminal (retrospective and auditing) at the end of a series of appointments.
What is included in ongoing, current evaluations?
Client’s review of service to be rendered, reviewing the appropriateness of the care scheduled to occur, direction observation when the care is being delivered, and notation recorded in the client’s file during the care.
What is to be included in retrospective evaluation after client care is completed?
Client interviewed to evaluate his/her satisfaction of the care received. Recorded in ROC
What is a record audit?
Randomly reviewing a selected number of client records/files to determine that quality care was provided by reviewing the recording keeping competencies.
Steps in evaluation
Use appropriate strategy to collect data
Analysis and interupretation of the impact of dental hygiene interventions against baseline assessment data
Discuss the relevant findings and outcomes with the client
Make a decision in the continuation, termination, revision, or modification of dental hygiene services or programs
Documentation
To evaluate or judge the client-centered goals, the clinician would compare the
Actual outcomes to the predicted outcomes to the predicted outcomes
What are the three possible levels of goal attainment?
Goal met
Goal partially met
Goal unmet
Post care dental hygiene evaluation includes
Future client needs
Continuous care intervals
Referrals
The three components needed for a goal evaluation statement
Date
Decision of DH (met/unmet/partially met)
Supporting evidence
