Unit 8

Question 1

Evaluation of care should always lead to

Answer 1

The reactivation of the process of care as the client care cycle continues.

Question 2

What is the purpose of evaluation of care?

Answer 2

To determine the success of the care plan intervention stategies at achieving the proposed care plan goals

Question 3

Evaluation of care allows the clinican to _____________ of client-centered goals

Answer 3

Measure the short-term achievement

Question 4

Evaluation is

Answer 4

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

Question 5

When is the dental hygienist expected to communicate and collaborate with the client about the goals, and or interventions performed to be performed?

Answer 5

At every appointment

Question 6

All dental intervention plans must include evaluation _________

Answer 6

Framework

Question 7

Failure to evaluate the client goals leaves the dental hygienist

Answer 7

Ignorant of the status of the client and whether the implemented care has made any difference

Question 8

Failure to evaluate is an indication of the

Answer 8

Unwillingness to assume responsibility for quality of care provided

Question 9

Failure to evalutate demonstrates

Answer 9

A lack of professional accountability the client records fo not state the outcome if the care in the cliet’s file/record

Question 10

Failure to evaluate the status of the client after care may be ground for

Answer 10

Negligence or malpractice “supervised neglect”

Question 11

The types of evaluation used in dental hygiene

Answer 11

Process Evaluation
Outcome Evaluation
Structural Evaluation

Question 12

What type of evaluation focuses solely on the activities of the clinican?

Answer 12

Process evaluation

Question 13

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?

Answer 13

Outcome evaluaton

Question 14

What type of evaluation has the attention place on the client’s surroundings where dental hygiene intervations take place?

Answer 14

Structural evaluation

Question 15

The general assumptions are that quality care will be delivered if

Answer 15

All three forms of evaluation are optimal

Question 16

When is evaluation done?

Answer 16

Ongoing during client care (such as plaque record) and terminal (retrospective and auditing) at the end of a series of appointments.

Question 17

What is included in ongoing, current evaluations?

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

What is to be included in retrospective evaluation after client care is completed?

Answer 18

Client interviewed to evaluate his/her satisfaction of the care received. Recorded in ROC

Question 19

What is a record audit?

Answer 19

Randomly reviewing a selected number of client records/files to determine that quality care was provided by reviewing the recording keeping competencies.

Question 20

Steps in evaluation

Answer 20

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

Question 21

To evaluate or judge the client-centered goals, the clinician would compare the

Answer 21

Actual outcomes to the predicted outcomes to the predicted outcomes

Question 22

What are the three possible levels of goal attainment?

Answer 22

Goal met
Goal partially met
Goal unmet

Question 23

Post care dental hygiene evaluation includes

Answer 23

Future client needs
Continuous care intervals
Referrals

Question 24

The three components needed for a goal evaluation statement

Answer 24

Date
Decision of DH (met/unmet/partially met)
Supporting evidence