poohmdsnurse

I too am going to experience my first QIS survey....... we are in window now ..in fact riding close to the 15 month deadline.....

:uhoh3:Just one more thing for me to add to my do list.... not like it isn't long enough already!!

We too have Point Click Care and no it did not bring everything from our previous software to this one, each of us took a wing and entered all the data on each resident- diagnosis, immunizations, weights, vitals, labs etc. The business office entered...

I currently work in a nursing home and yes I do note orders... always have....

For us in Ohio it is needs to be 5 days at 150 minutes a Medium is a higher case mix than a High is.

I have never heard of a triple check meeting but we (meaning me (MDS nurse) and the business office and rehab) check all the billing for the month prior to and make sure each one has the right amount of days skilled, RUG level billed at, and making s...

Yes we have Medicare Meetings( ours is called UR- utilization review) on a weekly basis- they are headed by our therapy dept. When I fill out a Cert and recert paper I made my own paper up to go in front of it listing the reference dates for each MDS...

i agree with you but i too am one who takes work home with me- i try with all my might not to but there is times you just have too. in the piece and quiet of my home i am able to get things done and done quicker - no interuptions.

I am required to attend morning meeting with dept heads, Tuesday UR meetings, Tuesday care conference meetings,and Quality Assurance meetings quarterly.

Welcome to my world..... they think we have the cream of the crop world. As you stated they think with us working Mon-Fri no weekends or holidays that we have it made. But I do often work a weekend in the office just to keep caught up on things, this...

Bypass this job... it is by far to much of a pain to try and do this with school and do this job- (do it right)

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT .... wait until you have been a nurse for at least a while. It is not a peachy ( Mon-Fri no weekends or holidays) believe me I have spent many weekend days here working to keep caught up ... it is not as peachy as they are making i...

Ours here is pulled to it and I leave it alone... Again as stated if I were to remove it- it would be a BIG pain in the butt and it wouldn't pass audit nor be accepted by state

We just currently switched from WinCare to Point Click Care. What a God sin ...!! It is absolutely user friendly. It is there for you at a click of a button. If they don't have what you want- they will send it to technical support and they will en...

According to the MDS bible.... if it is a surgical wounds (M4) it includes healing and nonhealing, open or closed surgical incisions, on any part of the body until it heals. So I would skill her... we all interpret things differently- just as long as...

In my facility I am required to work Mon-Fri 7 am -3 pm. No weekends - only if I chose to do so- I am given the opportunity to flex my schedule as I see fit but only to work 75 hrs in a 2 week period. No overtime !! Holidays are a BIG NO-NO as it is ...

Please tell me there is more than just you..... if not you best RUN...... and run fast!!

YEAH!!!!!! It is true ... MDS 3.0 not up and running til 10/2010......

Well I am a LPN who has worked in a nursing home for the last 23 yrs (same place :wink2:)... I wouldn't go anywhere else!! I LOVE IT... worked my way up the ladder over the years.. started as a 3-11 floor nurse onto a 3-11 charge nurse then to 7-3 fl...

You are making it alot harder than you need to .... the only ones that read them are you and maybe the state assessor if they choose that resident. Make it short and simple- Resident #1(Name) is noted to have short and long term memory problems, and ...

Like Ruas61a stated do you have a MDS manual??? ...if not that is one purchase you MUST make and MUST read from front page to back cover and over again.... it is our bible when you defend to a state assessor why you coded a certain way

It probably wouldn't work here.. some of our nurses I tell you I think they were born in a barn.. they would need that explained to them...

The MDS nurse is responsible at my facility for coding of wheelchair cushions, I usually have no problems there. But I never mark the turning and repositioning on a MDS (it is my area) but I choose not to mark it because I do not have the time to se...

First off... couple questions is have you ever worked on a MDS? do you know what they are?

Well first off I know as a MDS nurse who does the billing- I get paid on the first 5 day MDS for 14 days, so that is why they are telling you to skill them for 14 days. Your place of employment would lose 7 days of $$$ say if you get a SE3 it would ...