Patient Care (PC) Assessment
Evaluation • PC.11 Evaluate the effectiveness of the provided services, and modify care plans as needed. • PC.12 Determine the outcomes of dental hygiene interventions using indices, instruments, examination techniques, and patient self-reports as specified in patient goals. • PC.13 Compare actual outcomes to expected outcomes, reevaluating goals, diagnoses, and services when expected outcomes are not achieved. • Professional Growth and Development (PGD) • PGD.1 Pursue career opportunity within healthcare, industry, education, research, and other roles as they evolve for the dental hygienist. • PGD.2 Develop practice management and marketing strategies to be used in the delivery of oral health care. • PGD.3 Access professional and social networks to pursue professional goals. • Reference: American Dental Association, House of Delegates, (2011), Competencies for Entry into the Profession of Dental Hygiene.
• PC.1Systematically collect, analyze, and record diagnostic data on the general, oral, and psychosocial health status of a variety of patients using methods consistent with medicolegal principles. • PC.2 Recognize predisposing and etiologic risk factors that require intervention to prevent disease. • PC.3 Recognize the relationships among systemic disease, medications, and oral health that impact overall patient care and treatment outcomes. • PC.4 Identify patients at risk for a medical emergency and manage the patient care in a manner that prevents an emergency. Dental Hygiene Diagnosis • PC.5 Use patient assessment data, diagnostic technologies, and critical decision-making skills to determine a dental hygiene diagnosis, a component of dental diagnosis, to reach conclusions about the patient’s dental hygiene care needs. Planning • PC.6 Utilize reflective judgment in developing a comprehensive patient dental hygiene care plan. • PC.7 Collaborate with the patient and other health professionals as indicated to formulate a comprehensive dental hygiene care plan that is patient-centered and based on the best scientific evidence and professional judgment. • PC.8 Make referrals to professional colleagues and other health care professionals as indicated in the patient care plan. • PC.9 Obtain the patient’s informed consent based on a thorough care presentation.
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