AIMS

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Who can do the AIMS?

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Maybe explain what "the AIMS" means? I googled and got quite a variety of answers from a marathoner society to a mental health society

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IF you are referring to the abnormal involuntary movement screen for patients taking psychotropic medications, the nurse Case Manager ( if trained) or the psych provider fills out the form. I recommend for the provider ( who ever is prescribing the psychotropic medications) to do the form during follow ups. AIMS should be completed every 6 months, if no changes.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg, Psych, Geri, LTC, Tele,.
Maybe explain what "the AIMS" means? I googled and got quite a variety of answers from a marathoner society to a mental health society

In my facility AIMS was a psych assessment that LVNs or RNs could do. As an LVN, I did this assessment regularly.

It was the assessment of involuntary movement scale, meant to determine whether a client was experiencing side effects from their psych meds.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
In my facility AIMS was a psych assessment that LVNs or RNs could do. As an LVN, I did this assessment regularly.

It was the assessment of involuntary movement scale, meant to determine whether a client was experiencing side effects from their psych meds.

Thank you. When I googled there were at least a half dozen medical acronyms for AIMS plus others.

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