You know you're an MDS Coordinator when....

[bandaidexpert, BSN, RN]

* you can get some work done and still enjoy a good meal

* you search for innovative ways to get tomato and mustard

stains off of paper

*you begin to view anything that is not MDS/PPS related as an interruption, including the evening and night staff who say, "Are you still here?"

* your day off is spent doing what you do on your days on

* you ae terrified to take a vacation

* your definition of a "good read" is something downloaded from HCFA(CMS)

* you know more about reimbursement that the company accountant

* you feel the last thing you really do is "coordinate"

* the piles of paper on the floor are higher than the piles of paper on your desk

* no one on the planet knows for sure what you do, including yourself

* you believe that there must be a special place in heaven for MDS coordinators

* you believe that there must be another "special place" for surveyors

* you hear your kids refer to a headache as "J3d"

I know there are others out there like me.