kmcdsrn

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1. Any Clinical Documentation Specialist here?

   kmcdsrn replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

   Where are you located? I am currently a Lead Clinical Documentation Specialist working for a terrific director. She is encouraging me to pursue higher managerial positions in Clinical Documentation. She built our program and she is mentoring me. Also...

2. Any Clinical Documentation Specialist here?

   kmcdsrn replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

   The doctors are more defensive than mean, no one likes to be told what to do and some physicians take the query process as a personal affront to them. We are fortunate in our organize, if a doctor is inappropriate to us we refer them to our Physician...

3. Any Clinical Documentation Specialist here?

   kmcdsrn replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

   I love my job as a Clinical Documentation Specialist. I am an RN CDS. I consider it a privilege to have a CDS position. Developing communication lines with the physicians has been challenging, but most of the doctors understand we are simply doing ou...

4. Any Clinical Documentation Specialist here?

   kmcdsrn replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

   I started as a CDS 6 months ago. With our organization a CDS reviews the charts to provide electronic data collection of primary diagnosis, secondary diagnosis, comorbidities, and major comorbidities. We query the doctors for specific documentation i...