Developing an Evaluation Plan for Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Developing an Evaluation Plan
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Developing an Evaluation Plan
Overview
In order to prevent pressure ulcer, it is important to translate risk assessment information for individual patients into an action plan to reduce the prevalent rates of the disease (Scheirer & Dearing 2011). Implementing effective care practices to limit the chances of patients developing pressure ulcers help reduce its occurrence significantly. There are numerous factors that are related to patient’s issues that at times are clear while sometimes they might not be clear. It is, therefore, important to integrate various types of patient’s data to have a holistic approach compared to depending on a single section of patient’s information. This is because every individual have a unique risk profile, meaning that care plans should be more personalized to fit each and every patient (Bolton 2007).
The Evaluation Plan
An evaluation plan helps to clarify the direction one should take based on prioritizing resources, time and skills needed to accomplish the process. Developing an evaluation plan includes working in corporation with stakeholders to foster collaboration. The evaluation process is a methodological approach that deals with planning, implementation and management of intervention. The initial steps in an evaluation plan include the definition of the proposed activities, the education program for prevention of pressure ulcers with clear goals and objectives (Scheirer & Dearing 2011). The interventions goals and objective include the needs identified when conducting an assessment of the causes of pressure ulcers, the practices adopted and other factors that have led to the problem. Therefore, planners and managers of the programs should determine if the plan meets the needs of people’s culture and behaviour. It is important to determine if the intervention will ease the problem of pressure ulcers based on the target group. To perform an evaluation means to collect systematically and outline the use of variables information to determine the accuracy of the situation. The feedback will help in implementing and assessing the program impact and effectiveness. In the evaluation process, qualitative and quantitative data will be collected for analysis in order to have a better insight of the situation. To collect data, the Braden scale, interviews and survey using questionnaires are some of the methods to be used. Conducting survey will involve selected people from various quarters including different ethnic groups and people from high and low-income areas (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011).
Evaluation Methods
Conducting a community survey
A community survey will determine community views on pressure ulcer prevention, education program, physical assessment and interviews in clinical settings, eliciting the data that can be used to assess the potentiality of the program to be successful. The survey will provide data including people’s views before and after implementing the program. It is important to incorporate community’s attitude towards the program and their practices in relation to the policies, including managing surface like foam pressure redistr...