NC MSD Coordinator

[raymonsgal]

i need to know what the qualifications for a msd coordinator in north carolina are. all i can find online are that some states high lpn's and some states hire rn's and a suggestion to take one the top program on this website: http://classroom.aanac.org/our_programs.aspx. besides that i cannot find any other info. i am a new graduate lpn, and have seen a prn listing in a town about 1.5 hours from my home, with "no phone calls please" in the advertisement but all they say is prn msd nurse. i have over a year in home health as a cna 2 and a few months in a nursing home a cna 1, when i worked in ltc our msd coordinator was a social worker. i have a background in teaching with a year in management, so i thought about applying but wondered if i have to be an rn?

[katoline]

Ray, congratulations on your achievment! As a new grad, I would want to get as much clinical experience as possible to begin with. Working in the medical field as a CNA is good background, but taking the next step requires learning the responsibilities and actions of your physical assessments, knowing your medications, symptoms any subtle complaint your resident may have might be an opportunity.

As far as MDS coordinator requirements in NC, depends what the MDS coordinator in the facility is responsible for. An RN has to sign off that the assessment is complete and also the CAA decisions. MDS coordinator in the facility i work for now is not the mgr, so here at least, could be an Lpn with a RN signing off. Other disiplines with training could possibly be doing coding if input from wound nurse, staff nurse etc. The manual says if no RN is available, but an RN still has to sign off, whether agency, prn, ADON whomever. Hope this helps. Good luck with your career!

[raymonsgal]

Thanks for the info. The facilty I worked for a few months before doing home health used a Socail Worker as their MSD, so I am very unsure what this place would be requesting. Where I worked it was a paperwork job, I when all the the MSD did was review what the CNA's and nurses put in the computers and care logs. Once and a great while she might have went on the floor like for a new admit or if she saw someone was was transfering in a totaly different way for example a perspn who was normaly a one person stand by assit went to a hoyer lift otherwise she stayed in her office. I am sure from what you discribe your job is so different and a socail worker probley didn't need to be doing this one! Thanks for all the information!!