katoline

katoline

long term care - MDS

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About katoline

katoline has 22 years experience and specializes in long term care - MDS.


MDS coordinator

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  1. lpn as ADON?

    Wow. I have been a nurse for 28 years. This argument has been going on this long at least. I am on here today after moving to Texas and checking the Nurse Practice Act myself about just these issues. Making Assignments The LVN's duty to patient safet...
  2. Are you a VN or an RN?

    So mlbluvr, did you start this thread? Is it a trick question? who signs and attests to the assessments being complete? 50 PPS huh, hmmm. are you a mole? just wondering.
  3. I know this is a month later, but things that might skill a palliative care patient could be things like pain management, respiratory support, suctioning, checking O2 sats and they may even be on chemo or radiation for palliative reasons, to shrink o...
  4. BE CAREFUL on social networks

    Very scary all. This is another take. I didn't even have a facebook acct. but several people at work did. There are always cliques at work. I 'shared' an office with a coworker who had taken over the office with not only her own things, but that of a...
  5. Long story...need to vent ...

    Dear Blessed, you are you know. It may be hard the way things ended, but if they hadn't with your intelligence, conscientiousness, and strong feelings to make things right, you would have burned out or hardened. Please don't do that. Just from readin...
  6. Side duties of MDS/PPS coordinators

    Well, went in Monday, computers down again. Good time to catch up the Medicare book with admissions since Friday (5). I have heard that other facilities, at least Kindred where I worked before had a case manager who really Coordinated the tasks to be...
  7. Side duties of MDS/PPS coordinators

    My coworker does my discharges, other than that she stays to herself and has nothing to do with "this side over here". it seems that others are disappointed in my ability to handle the workload or manage my time. i wasn't even shown how assessments a...
  8. Side duties of MDS/PPS coordinators

    After leaving Eastern North Carolina for the Great State of Texas (it's a whole nother country - i was going to get that license plate, next time when i can order online and not wait two hours in a line) i have started my position as MDS Coordinator ...
  9. care conferences

    Are you talking about Medicare or case-mix care plan meetings? With medicare, our social worker usually scheduled the care plan meeting the week after the 14 day ARD so they would fall around that 21 day requirement (7 days after the 14 day deadline ...
  10. Side duties of MDS/PPS coordinators

    I really think that delegation of duties and who actually does what varies from building to building, company to company. Where I work, I do 90% of the MDS and usually all the CAAs. Everyone is always busy. Staffing is always less than ideal. In all ...
  11. Long Term Care Cutbacks

    noc4senuf, where are you located? i wanna go there! maybe you should become a consultant and get things started in the right direction!!!
  12. psychotropics

    we have a medication toxicity careplan. i think maybe meds like depakote, klonopin should be careplanned there. it covers dig, coumadin, lasix some others. then have a seperate behavior careplan.
  13. psychotropics

    no, klonopin is one of those meds like depakote that's used for mood/behavior. it's an antiseizure medication. sounds like a sedative or antianxiety because clonazepam (it's generic name) sounds like lorazepam (ativan) they are both benzodiazepines. ...
  14. Do you soley use Section G for careplan ADLs

    I was taught that a careplan is a work in progress. I often do the careplans as i am working on the CAAs simply because i work on so many and often at once, i need to do them while fresh in my mind. if things change the day we actually go to careplan...
  15. psychotropics

    :)PNWB, what is the DQA website? I feel that the reason for the medication should be careplanned as well as the medication itself. I think there should be behavior sheets on the MAR if appropriate as well. What i am confused about is our quarterly an...