Federal Regulations for Nursing Homes

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I'm starting a new position as Part Time Supervisor in a nursing home.(A second job in addition to my full time hospital job, ergo my username "OvertimeMom") Can anyone tell me where I can purchase a copy of the Federal Regulations for Nurshing Homes? I would like to have my own personal copy. Thanks so much!

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Print them off of the CMS website.

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As a new DON and former surveyor, www.cms.gov. I saved mine to my Ipad under IBooks. Download appendix PP (the regulations), appendix P (the survey process), and appendix Q (the Immediate Jeopardy guidelines). In the regulatory (appendix PP), the bolded type is the regulatory language, when it reads "a facility MUST" that is exactly what it means, there is no leeway. Then read the guidelines, that may help you in staying away from a tag. A must read is the appendix Q, that could keep you out of an IJ

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Also, if you plan to print the regs out, make certain that people aren't impatiently hovering around the copier. It's quite a lot to print out! Saving them to a device is a much better idea! You can tell I started surveying in the 90s when we carried around huge binders of regs. Feel free to message me if/when the regs get confusing.

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sorry for the double post. Please let me know how the delete it. Thanks!

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Hi everyone! I was wondering if someone could tell me exactly where to go on the cms website to direct me to the federal regulations. I would like to download the appendicesthat were mentioned earlier. There are a lot of tabs Ann I'm not sure where to click to get me the information I need. Thanks!

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www.cms.gov. That will take you to the main webpage. On the right upper side there is a search box. There you can type in Appendix P, which is the survey process - what the surveyors look at and why; Appendix PP which is the tags; and Appendix Q which is the Immediate Jeopardy information.

If you need any help, message me.

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