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1. Policy Re; AMA

   nursy54 replied to nursy54's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks for all the comments. I spoke w the DON about AMA , and how other facilities deal w/ it. She still insists , and ill quote, " When a resident wants to leave AMA, we still need to keep them as safe as possible. Which means EDUCATE, EDUCATE, EDU...

2. QM's and Pain

   nursy54 replied to TigerxLiLy's topic in MDS

   Hello. I have the same concern. I work in a LTC facility where there seems to be a much younger population than there was a few years ago and they always seem to have pain no matter what there on. Its usually the younger residents I have the problem ...

3. Policy Re; AMA

   nursy54 replied to nursy54's topic in Geriatric

   thank you for the replies. when the very first DON was there, thats exactly what she said... they get nothing. as time went on and our DON's changed, so did the "policy" (its in quotes because I cant find a policy on AMA anywhere !! OMG....) I bro...

4. Policy Re; AMA

   nursy54 posted a topic in Geriatric

   I have a resident that says he's signing out tomorrow (AMA). My question is, do we give him a discharge summary, or just his RX ? The last time a resident signed out AMA, all the departments filled out a discharge summary. My new DON said we only nee...

5. MDS Coordinator sub-forum

   nursy54 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in MDS

   Hello. When I ask the resident if they have had any pain in the last 5 days I always code what their answer was. Just because they are recieving pain meds doesnt mean they are/ are not in pain. The pain meds they are recieving are most likey working ...