rukiddingme

rukiddingme

Long term care

Member

  • Content

    209

  • Visitors

    4,983

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    2

All Content by rukiddingme

  1. After 2 months..what do you think of the MDS 3.0?

    rukiddingme replied to Nascar nurse's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    We've instructed the person doing this interview to 'clarify' the resident's answer to that question - she writes a clarification note about what the resident has said, and signs it. This note goes...

  2. Turned in my Resignation

    rukiddingme posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I'm an LPN and have been the MDS Coordinator at a 105 bed facility for 7 mths. I was hired with no experience, and got approximately 1 week of training (from a corporate MDS consultant for the...

  3. ARD's, care plan dates & information

    rukiddingme posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    we're having some problems at my facility, and i am hoping to get some new ideas here. the other members of the mds team are stating that they don't have enough time to get the information together,...

  4. After 2 months..what do you think of the MDS 3.0?

    rukiddingme replied to Nascar nurse's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I'm still hoping that the 3.0 will get reviewed by the powers that be, and they will get rid of the discharge assessment for people that get sent out suddenly (to the hosptial) Printing the MDS with...

  5. After 2 months..what do you think of the MDS 3.0?

    rukiddingme replied to Nascar nurse's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Things are moving along better now than it was in October - since we're used to the software, and they've fixed some of the glitches. We're printing out the MDS' using both sides of the paper -- and...

  6. ARD's, care plan dates & information

    rukiddingme replied to rukiddingme's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    check med-pass.com to see sample monthly summaries - you can order theirs, or take ideas from them and come up with your own

  7. MDS Documentation Guidelines for floor nurses

    rukiddingme replied to mdsnewbee's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    med-pass.com has many sample forms that you can review and either order, or get ideas to make your own

  8. Looking for new daily assignements and care directive tools

    rukiddingme replied to changeseeker's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I can send you a sample via email if you wish. Just contact

  9. MDS Documentation Guidelines for floor nurses

    rukiddingme replied to mdsnewbee's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Unfortunately my facility does not have such a thing for the regular residents - only for the medicare ones. They don't even know when the residents are in an observation period!! We usually don't...

  10. ICD-9 codes

    rukiddingme replied to rukiddingme's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Thank you for the

  11. Fall Risk Assessment

    rukiddingme posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Wondering if anyone would share what your facility is using for a Fall Risk Assessment tool. The one we are still using is based on the 2.0 MDS, and of course we need one based on the 3.0. Thank...

  12. Fall Risk Assessment

    rukiddingme replied to rukiddingme's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    One that I've come up with, that is in similar format of our prior fall assessment - if anyone wants to see it, I can email it to you. The site won't let me upload it for some

  13. ARD's, care plan dates & information

    rukiddingme replied to rukiddingme's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I'm glad to finally see that we're not the only ones that have short time periods on the times when information from other disciplines have to be turned in. As I've mentioned in earlier posts, we...

  14. Morning Meeting/Stand up

    rukiddingme replied to katoline's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Our meeting aren't 'stand up' - they usually drag on for about an hour. We usually find out PLOF and plans for discharge during admission interviews - within the first couple days, and it's done by...

  15. 2010 LPN/LVN hourly wage

    rukiddingme replied to anonymous1919's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Northern Illinois, doing MDS', $22.65/hr, M-F

  16. What will make your MDS job easier?

    rukiddingme replied to mdecastronp's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    All other disciplines entering their own data? And doing their own CAA's? And their own care plans? (but only if it was in a timely

  17. MDS 3.0 software patches

    rukiddingme replied to golflinda2214's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Of course I'm now at home when you're asking this, so I don't have my software or an MDS in front of me. I'm in Illinois but now this has me stumped. I believe we've been entering Sect. F on a...

  18. ARD's, care plan dates & information

    rukiddingme replied to rukiddingme's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Unfortunately, the only other discipline that does care plans is social service. We enter all data, and all CAA's are done by us MDS nurses. It seems as if this facility has always kept a short...

  19. ARD's, care plan dates & information

    rukiddingme replied to rukiddingme's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Thank you for the

  20. MDS 3.0 coding question

    rukiddingme replied to glm777's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I have to agree with susanthomas -- on this MDS 3.0 we're triggering more problems, and although I would love to find solutions to them, there just isn't enough time or manpower. For example: the...

  21. MDS Assessment Questions... help I am so confused!

    rukiddingme replied to brandnew2mdsrn's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Our software allows for more than one assessment to be open at a time, so we're very very lucky that way. But, it can be confusing - you always have to make sure you're on the right assessment when...

  22. Another combining assessment

    rukiddingme replied to ejpip1's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    From what you are describing, it sounds correct. 5day/SOT/discharge with short stay. Did you make sure to dash the end date of the therapy on sect. O? Maybe it is your

  23. Having hard time coding Section G

    rukiddingme replied to jessie26's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    We too find the copy cat charting for ADL's by the CNA's. I still wonder what a 1/3 is supposed to mean.....LOL. Wish we could put a new sheet out daily, to stop the copy cat stuff, but it's just...

  24. Having hard time coding Section G

    rukiddingme replied to jessie26's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    In my building, the nurses wouldn't know every ADL need of the resident, so we go to the CNA's for clarification. We also have a Restorative nurse that is assisting in the section G area

  25. No experience with MDS, can you learn it?

    rukiddingme replied to erinp88's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Yes, it can be learned from ground zero. My first thoughts are to tell you to go to the CMS website and review the available information on the 3.0 and the MDS process. The RAI manual is the "bible"...