dysont

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1. skillable services

   dysont posted a topic in Geriatric

   New to MDS/PPS....trying to decide if a patient can be skilled under nursing and do an omra or not......I don't have much experience in what is skillable or not....Have a patient coming off therapy, but can she be skilled for her stasis ulcers? What ...

2. Human Resources & Staff Development RN

   dysont replied to ckinik's topic in Geriatric

   :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire I'm right there with you babe. I started this job a week ago as staff development coordinator. A new position. They just hired a new director of personnel so we both started on the same day. It has been living ...

3. Staff devel. questions

   dysont posted a topic in Educators

   I'm new to staff develoment. I've found you must be extremely organized! Any ideas or tips regarding employee health and tracking systems would be helpful. I just started and came in on a bad situation with the CNA's trying to form a union. We have...

4. Roll Call all Staff Developers Sign In Please

   dysont replied to CaliNurse's topic in Educators

   Hi, I have been a nurse for 10 years. I am new to Staff development. I accepted a position in a LTC facitily. I am in charge of human resources, staff development and risk management. Sounds like a two man job.... I am excited to do something dif...

5. care plan meetings in LTC

   dysont posted a topic in Geriatric

   I am a fairly new MDS Coordinator at a LTC facility. I am curious to know how other people conduct their care plan meetings. We are care planning weekly for residents that are due for MDS assessments that week. Shouldn't the process flow to where ...

6. pps documentation??

   dysont posted a topic in Geriatric

   New to MDS's and would like some advice on tips for pps documentation for the nurses. Any checklists that can be implemented to help with capturing the approriate ADL's for section G? Where can these forms be found? Is there possibly a nurses notes t...