mamahank40

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1. It's ME! or MINE

   mamahank40 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

   Found it! Very nice!! Great job and thank you!! :-)

2. It's ME! or MINE

   mamahank40 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

   That's really cool. I make a lot of forms, but they stay in house. Are you still sharing your skilled charting cheat sheet? That has been on my agenda, but I don't even know where to start! :-)

3. BEWARE of online nursing degrees

   mamahank40 replied to scandy's topic in General Nursing

   I definitely want to take my nursing courses! I just don't want to take (and pay for) my pre-rec's again (English, math, elective gym, etc.) It just seems like a waste to me. :-(

4. BEWARE of online nursing degrees

   mamahank40 replied to scandy's topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone know of any legit online courses? My community college is telling me that my general ed./pre-rec courses are expired and that I will have to retake them all. I have been working as an LPN for almost 14 years. I believe it is 2 semester...

5. NOMNCs and ABNs

   mamahank40 posted a topic in MDS

   I have never issued an ABN (or even knew about them) since I've been in the MDS role. I always review/present the NOMNC at least 48hrs prior to the last covered day. I am just now seeing that if the Resident is going to remain in my facility long t...

6. Managed Care

   mamahank40 posted a topic in MDS

   Recent Resident admitted for a short stay following a knee replacement. She stayed for 10d with Priority Advantage as her payor source. My preceptor taught me that if a managed care Res is here less than 14d, we can change the admission assessment ...

7. Isolation - yes/no

   mamahank40 replied to mamahank40's topic in MDS

   Unfortunately, my supervisor is the one who asked me to look into this. We are both concerned about miscoding and hoping to find more info. This is our first opportunity to code "isolation" since our facility moved to a new private-room only buildi...

8. Isolation - yes/no

   mamahank40 posted a topic in MDS

   I believe my Resident meets the 4 conditions to code on the MDS: 1. C. diff 2. contact precautions 3. private room/bathroom 4. therapy will treat in room big question is - all of our rooms are private... she did have a room with a shared bathroom, s...