My employer paid for the 3 day certification course. I passed the regular MDS part, but failed Medicare. The instructor actually said "I can tell those of you who only do MDS by the glazed look in your eyes right now". Needless to say, she was mot ve...
We've taken MDS off the chart entirely. It was just too cumbersome. They are kept in file cabinets in a separate room. As for 3.0, it still has many problems in my opinion. The wound section leaves a lot to be desired, but then I'm a wound nurse. Th...
On quarterlies, if you go to the last section under diagnosis with the drop down boxes and list the psych diagnosis first, it will clear it from the QI/QM. If you do that on the annual, it is autumatic on the quarterly too. It can be Psychosis, Schiz...
I am an old nurse, but new MDS Coordinator. I have a question about the pain section. Sorry, I don't know the exact section, but it has No pain, Daily pain or pain less than daily and goes on to mild, moderate etc. I have been coding it as daily pai...
I 've been offered the position of Medicare manager. Everyone tells me it's stressful, but no one can tell me why or what I would be doing. Anyone ever done this?
I tried it for leg cramps after reading about it in Dr. Gott's column. I just put the soap under the fitted sheet ( no baggy). The soap moves around in the bed. I can't swear that it helps leg cramps, but the only times I've had them since I started,...
I agree with doing what is best for you. For me, the third night is terrible. When I worked in ICU, I felt it was hazardous for the patient to have me as a nurse on the third night! I still prefer to work no more than two nights in a row. I can hand...
In general, when a blister develops it started 7 days before. Ask yourself " where were they a week ago". If the heel is kept offloaded and the skin does not break, the fluid will resorb and the skin will peel off like any blister. Howevere the disco...