gonenutz

gonenutz specializes in LTC/SNF.

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1. State audits of MDS

   gonenutz replied to Ruas61's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   We get a call the night before asking for a list of MI residents, traumatic brain injuries, stage 3 or 4 wound ( none thank godness) and a resident roster. No list of which MDS though. that would be...

2. LPN nurse manager in LTC

   gonenutz replied to RubyRN,CHPN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   I am not own to take constructive critisms to heart, I take it as a learning experience. Like I said it must vary from state to state. And I am supervised by my nurse consultant. As for nursing...

3. state reportables

   gonenutz replied to travel50's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   Ours have to come out on any complanits or reportables. The have a complaint survory for each region that takes care of the complaints. we get a lot of digruntled employee

4. state reportables

   gonenutz replied to travel50's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   I am jealous of all. Any compliant or reportable to the state where i am from the state has to come in and do a facility visit. thus the complaint/reportable is deamed substanciated or not and we have...

5. LPN nurse manager in LTC

   gonenutz replied to RubyRN,CHPN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   I agree it depends on the state and the size of the facility. I am a LPN and worked as an Acting DON for almost three years. I feel that it is base on the state laws and ultimately the LPN's...

6. State audits of MDS

   gonenutz replied to Ruas61's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   In Indiana it is usually once a year but they have a 15 month window from your last audit to come in. If for some reason your CMI increases drastically or the notice anything odd in the patterns of...

7. EDS AUDIT

   gonenutz replied to gonenutz's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   In Indiana EDS is a contract company that comes in and audits the mds' in the payable sections. we have supporting documentation guidelines we have to follow to goalong with the payable items. In a...

8. EDS AUDIT

   gonenutz posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   I am from Indiana and I have a couple of builings in their window for their audits. Does anyone have any tips on what EDS' targets are this month? They tend to get on their tangents. I had one...

9. MDS 3.0 Delay?

   gonenutz replied to lisalake's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   I am also in Indiana and have spoke with the state mds coordinator and a few of my other consultant contacts and the impression that I have got is there is a few things that CMS wants to tweak before...

10. What do you wear?

    gonenutz replied to catnip3's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Scrubs all the way! What happens if you get pulled to the floor to work? I don't know about anyone else but I know I don't want to be doing patient care in business or even business casual wear,...

11. Help With Supporting Documentation.

    gonenutz replied to gonenutz's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I can't code if the documentation isn't there and in this last wuarter my CMI has dropped signifignantly. the DON and administrator has chalked it up to we have lost a few of our long termers with...

12. Section G

    gonenutz replied to toicole's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I was taught to code independent ambulatory residents on or off the unit as 0/1 because they are ambulating indepedently but if you or your staff observe them while ambulating at least once during...

13. Where do you keep your care plans?

    gonenutz replied to BEDPAN76's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    We keep our care plans in a binder along with the quarterly assessments and MDS. Each resident has their own binder. It works out well everything r/t the MDS is in the binder and are kept at the...

14. chart review

    gonenutz replied to littlebit1's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I am currently in my survey and would greatly appreciate if you could send me a copy of your form also, i know it is not going to help now but will with plan of

15. Off Cycle Quarterly

    gonenutz replied to miccay's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    In my experiences and references from the RAI, you can do a quarterly assessment at any time during your 92 day cycle to capture what ever it may be that is going to increase your rug score and it...