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Has anyone reviewed the new F tags? Interested in responses. Thanks Tex

I have been the MDS cord for 2+years. I have learned to stream line, but it is true it does vary. Espically if your resident has mental issues, behavior, mood, pain, falls etc. On a complexed resident it can take me longer, if not interrupted of cour...

What are the ranges that Rn's are started out working in your LTC, as a floor nurse in your area, as well as MDS cordinators? Tex

I recently had a patient return from the hospital that only had 3 days left to meet her 100 days. I have done a full MDS w/raps etc qm since May. Now since her discharge with w/o anticipated returned it appears that I have to do the full blown MDS w/...

You may be correct I would think in your position. We just got additional pages to be added to our state regs. Manuel. Listing Ftags, RAI, assessments, and for post stroke rehab etc.... Thanks Tex

In our LTC, we have been care planning for q one that is not on a regular diet w/o any nutritional issues/dehydration issues. We did well w/ our state survey, No citations. I had spoken to the RA that comes in q month as our consultant, she was the o...

I have an LPN that works for me. I sign all of her work. As well as correct her incorrect data that she put;s in. SHe has a tendency to put in weights that are not correct. It is easier for her to put in wts that were last months than go and weigh th...

My concern is that the LPN that is doing the part of dietary, not to her fault, really didn't have any formal training. She is a good nurse and has been w/LTC for >8 years. Our DON/ADON has helped her and we also have a consultant that comes in qm...

talino thanks. I haven't read of late, your pearls of wisdom. Tex

Resident Assessment Instrument. If you want you can go to HCFA on the web, and all the info you want to know about our payment system, rules/regs are there. Go to professional site or type in under search MDS....Good luck Tex

Where are the MDS nurses and LTC nursing questions. This site is going to sleep like our patients............. Tex:eek:

OMG! I had no idea it was out. Yes would love it. How many pages? Thank you Thank you. I keep telling myself that I will come up w/the money for that site. There is always something that I have to do w/ that 90 dollars....Tex

There should be a task bar, under assessments, where you put your MDS info in, under that mine states utilities. A list of what I need to do is listed. If the date is incorrect on my assessment period or if someone leaves prior to the anticipated da...

Thank you for responding jevans. We also must be a team that provides care from all of our members, such as social worker, activity director, PT. OT. Speech as well as nursing. Our care plans must reflect this also. There are specific problems, goals...

Even when you have graduated > 10yrs ago, you never forget that wonderful and exhaustive happiness that you passed. It is what drives you to your next test and so on. Before you know it, you are waiting in line to take your state boards. Congradul...

Sounds like great money. I have read the want ads and it seems that the entire area is in need for nurses. Tex

Well on one hand you are correct, it is much easier for someone else to do it, but on the other- when I am signing my name to a document, espically based on an assessment that I am spending my time and effort on, I want to know down to the 5th digit ...

Never can replace the experience of Med Surg nursing. Even now I have to roladex my memory to do certain skills, thank God I did it when I first graduated.

We never were allowed to use anything, but our brain, paper and pencil. This was in NY. We had 3 chances. And some of the nursing instructors were glad to work w/you. But this has been 10 years ago. We had math test the first 2 semesters of my rn pro...

You need to make sure that you have a dx for every medication the resident is taking. And of course, you better make sure that with Ambien, ativan (etc), zoloft (etc) and zyprexa (etc), if you don't have the dx by the time you are on your 14 day full...

What ever that your nursing instructors stressed and possibly pause while they were lecturing you. Hope you taped your lectures. 12 hrs sounds correct for a study session, add 2 more sessions, then you got it. Tex

OK, what is the test over? that would be helpful info. Tex

I sooooooooooooo agree w/ rustyhammer about doing MDS for a year. I am working on completion of my 2nd year. I had decided when I took this position, that I viewed it like when I became a hospice nurse, it takes a year, from that point, you build on ...

GOOD LUCK. YOU DESERVE IT.....TEX

I put the ICD codes into the MDS. I don't do the billing, we have someone in adminstration that does that. When I see an ICD code put in at the time of the formal admission, I will review it, and notify that person to put the ICD code in. You just ca...