Monthly Summaries

We dont do those any more. We instituted a "weekly assessment". It covers everything that the MDS covers and encourages the nurses to provide a routine full assessment of residents who normally would not get one unless they are sick or it is time for a quarterly. The assessments are scheduled by room number and only takes grabbing a set of vitals and moments to fill out. It also serves as the nurses notes for that shift. at first the nurses hated it, but now they love it. It is actually less paperwork and catches health problems early on, that otherwise may have gone unnoticed until it was exacerbated and painfully obvious. It resulted in a good learning tool for the new nurses, and led them through a head to toe assessment. It's also nice for any one who is doing MDS or other information tracking. No need to make up a documentation schedule. Its already in the chart with the weekly in place. It tracks weights, nutrition / fluid intake, continence, infections, behaviors, cognition, ADL abilities, related meds, etc. All in a "check the box / fill in the blank / provide an example/ format". State examiners thought it was a pretty sharp assessment tool.

Anyway you could send me a copy of what you are using?