Evaluation
To evaluate if my plan has worked, I will need to do the following:
- Talk with the nurses and staff. Find out how they are doing with this new responsibility. Do they have positive feedback?
- Visit with the patients. How are they responding to treatment? Do they seem pleased that this service is being offered, or does it seem to distress them? Find out if they are physically responding well to it, or if changes need to be made to their individual needs.
- Visit with the family. How have they felt about participating (if they are)? Do they enjoy the personal care they can give to their loved one, or does it make them uncomfortable to perform these duties?
- Talk with the hygienists who have been performing some of the work. Do they enjoy this type of service, or would they prefer staying in a private practice setting?
These are some of the things that need to be evaluated concerning oral health care in a hospice program. With positve feedback, this can be a great success.
posted by Melissa @ 6:02 PM
4 Comments:
I think that these evaluations are very well thought out. You have definitely taken the patients needs into consideration. You are not just looking for the quantitative but the qualitative which is just as important.
Melissa,
I think giving the hospice staff and patients the opportunity to give feedback (negative or positive) is a great way to evaluate the greatness of your plan!! People like to have their opinions heard. I think that is a wonderful way to determine if your progam will work.
Great job!
OK Melissa it has been months since you last post. Just give us a little post of what you have been up to :) R U so excited to be a 2nd year! You haven't lived until you've been a second year LOL.
Hi Melissa,
Guess who!? It's your swedish cousin Noomi:) I like your blog, it seems to be fun to be a dental hygienist.
Take care,
Love noomi
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