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  1. ASHD vs CAD

    kmiles posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Can Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) be coded by checking the Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease (ASHD) in section I? What is the

  2. IV Medication/Fluids Post OP

    kmiles posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Good Morning All! The title should have read "IV Medication/Fluids Post OP". The RAI reads "Do not code services that were provided solely in conjuction with a surgical or diagnostic procedure and...

  3. Job Interview

    kmiles replied to rukiddingme's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Wow, sure makes me think. My job is as you described your last one: only me for 109 beds, do everything and spend 40+ hours doing it; except that I am paid hourly and get overtime. I am burned out,...

  4. MDS - Keeping up skills so you can return to "real nursing"

    kmiles posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Hi! Sorry about the insult that MDSing is not "real nursing", but sometimes I feel that I am losing all those clinical skills that I worked so hard to aquire during school and will never be able to go...

  5. MDS - Keeping up skills so you can return to "real nursing"

    kmiles replied to kmiles's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Thanks for the encouragement. I have been the MDS Coordinator for a 109 bed facility for only four months now. I am not sure that this is my cup-o-tea, even though the management has been pleased...

  6. What do you wear?

    kmiles replied to catnip3's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I wear scrubs because they are comfortable, easy to pick out in the morning, and because I often step in and assist the CNAs when I see help is needed. I am the only MDS coordinator in a 109 bed...