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amylpn24

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  1. MDS training/certification

    My opinion is this. The AANAC certification is great but.....I do not believe that if you do not have any experience in the MDS, you will understand it. The best thing for you to do before taking a class such as that is get yourself an MDS 3.0 manual...
  2. Today is Oct 1st. All set?

    Well, All I can say is be glad that you have any help at all!! The only reprieve we have been able to get is "don't put the MDS/PPS Coordinators on call for three weeks". Grrrr
  3. mds 3.0

    Don't let the 3.0 scare the life out of you. When you look at the big picture, it is not really THAT different. What is different is that now instead of interviewing the staff and forming your own opinions about what you think the residents need...yo...
  4. correct coding for walking in corridor

    Supervision with set up. 1/1. Using your eyes is considered supervision.
  5. Where do all the MDS Coordinators live?

    I am an MDS nurse with several years of experience and thoroughly trained in the 3.0. Willing to travel, do freelance work for the right price. Hold compact license.
  6. Time to get a new job!!! MDS Coordinators can and will have more of an opportunity in with the 3.0 to write their own ticket. Get out of there.
  7. 15 months of MDS ....

    I believe the answer to this question depends on facility policy. We do keep the chart for 30 days and start over after that. As far as the MDS's being on the chart, I'm not quite sure what one has to do with the other. If the patient has been discha...
  8. at what point can you NOT do an assessment?

    In this case, you would change the ARD to the day of discharge. There is nothing in the RAI that says that the MDS nurse must do an or the assessment. You just use what information that you have from his six day stay and hosptial records and answer t...
  9. All I can say is WOW! I too have a lot of additional responsibilities and it makes me crazy!! In my opinion, any administrator and DON should be well versed in MDS and realize that it is US who are generating the revenue. More time equals more time ...
  10. case mix

    Yes, it does matter. This is how you make the money and if you understand nothing else about the MDS/PPS, learn this. Do you have a RUG crosswalk? If not, ask your corporate MDS nurse, she or he should have one. Think of this as the bookmark for you...
  11. ADL care plan

    yes, that is correct. Never be too specific in a plan of care. If it changes, which it does frequently and no one gets to the CP to change it, you've got yourself an F tag.
  12. Staff RN doing MDS

    It may be the "norm" these days as facilities are struggling to make and save money however able. The problem is, they need to take a step back and realize that the MDS or PPS nurse (THE REIMBURSEMENT NURSE) should do only that. Nothing else. When y...
  13. Raising CMI

    just keep in mind that you may not move the ard date once an assesment window has closed, or if you have already picked an ard date and that date has passed. example: last quarterly r2b was 2/1/09, rug = pa. next quarterly r2b would be due on or ...
  14. McareA, McareB, Skilled Mcaid, 60 day break

    Treat every payor source as if it were medicare or medicaid. This will save you a lot of pain in the long run when you find out that the resident was actually medicare and NOT private insurance.
  15. Help with Care Plans!!! What all to care plan???

    Exactly what was said previously. Do not care plan for the state, care plan for the resident. You will never master what the state is looking for because, A) It varies B)It depends on the surveyor and what type of mood they are in. In a nutshell, c...