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  1. Skilling For Tube Feeding

    nratchet posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Does anyone known where I can find out if the regs for skilling a patient who is a new tube feeder has changed. The reg that we've been going by is that once a patient has been skilled for a new Peg...

  2. Grace Days

    nratchet posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    A patient comes in on Friday with therapy orders for 5 x weekly. No therapy is done on the day of admission (Friday), the patient is evaluated and treated Saturday, no therapy on Sunday, treated...

  3. Why. Why, oh Why?

    nratchet replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

  4. Fear Factor, Nurse Style, Five Stunts... lol

    nratchet replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Nursing Humor

  5. Fear Factor, Nurse Style, Five Stunts... lol

    nratchet replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Nursing Humor

  6. Grace Days

    nratchet replied to nratchet's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Doctor order usually reads PT 5 x wk for 30 days. I guess what I'm trying to ask is this. If the patient misses 2 out of the 5 days for whatever reason, (i.e. dr visit, dialysis, illness, etc), how...

  7. Grace Days

    nratchet replied to nratchet's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Ok. But what about the Doctor's order that says to treat 5 days only? Change the day to Monday, eval and treat Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, miss Friday. A total of three days treated in the...

  8. Patient is a famous star

    nratchet replied to Lara911's topic in Nursing Humor

    My list of Most Wished for Patients: Matt Hughs from Ultimate Fighter Rich Franklin from Ultimate Fighter Tito Ortiz from Ultimate Fighter Randy Orton from WWE John Cena from WWE Batista from WWE Last...

  9. Patient is a famous star

    nratchet replied to Lara911's topic in Nursing Humor

    Who cares if he's gay. He's still pretty to look

  10. Funny Names for Nurses

    nratchet replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    I worked with a nurse named Donna Foley There's a sleep specialist who's first name is Wabba, middle name is Wabba and last name is Wabba. So and referals or referances are, send to Dr Wabba Wabba...

  11. Terms we will not admit to using

    nratchet replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    For those working in Nursing home management Law suite waiting to happen= Family members who walk in with cameras, complain about everything, hate all the staff and have...

  12. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    nratchet replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    We had this little lady who used to have us in stitches almost every day with some of the x-rated things she would say. Here's just a few examples. One of the nurse's sons came to floor one day to...

  13. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    nratchet replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have a couple of stories. I worked as a CNA for six years in a SNF and while I was there we had a married couple. The wife had been admitted first and had Alzheimer's, her husband was admitted...

  14. CarePlans & MDS's

    nratchet replied to AngelinTennessee's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    It depends on what you're updating but the easiest way to update is with doctor orders. We go to the nurses station every morning and pick up copies of the telephone orders and update the care plans...

  15. HELP!!!!! care plan question

    nratchet replied to dbsue1954's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    In our care plans we write observe for adverse reactions and then list the generic ones for psychotropics such as lethargy, altered mental status, etc. It give you some thing to look for but still...

  16. Updating Care Plans

    nratchet replied to MDSlady's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I work in a 173 bed facility and have the same problem. Only the wound care nurse will update the care place for their treatments. However, we do have a part-time person that does the updates as...

  17. Therapy minutes for PPS

    nratchet posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Can grace days be used to add minutes if the patient has already been seen 5 days on a 5 day MDS/PPS

  18. Therapy minutes for PPS

    nratchet replied to nratchet's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    If therapy is ordered 5 x week and therapy sees them on day one of admission and continues to see them for 8 days to gain enough minutes to put them in a very high or an ultra is this going against...