susanthomas1954

susanthomas1954

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  1. Does anyone like being and MDS coordinator?

    susanthomas1954 replied to NiceShot's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I think the best part of being the MDS coordinator is knowing that you know how the business end of the nursing home dovetails with the caregiving end. I think you have to like yourself if you are an...

  2. Any Case Managers who work with Medicaid patients?

    susanthomas1954 replied to dxlpochacco's topic in Case Management

    The math works out to 4 visits a week, right (60 patients over 3 months=20 visits a month.)? So, even though you are working from home, you are going to be in clothes, not jammies and fuzzy slippers...

  3. MDS 3.0 Use of Dashes

    susanthomas1954 replied to andy3k's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Our software has a wizard that autopopulates a date of interview. If I use nursing notes, I cannot use the wizard, which is fine by me, but seems to be causing panty knots at corporate...... Not...

  4. New PPS assm't code - OMRA Change of Therapy

    susanthomas1954 replied to Talino's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    No, really, they are finally seeing the actual pitfall of PROSPECTIVE payment? to be honest they are looking in the right place, but let's not use some full assessment. Let's have a one page section...

  5. MDS 3.0 Use of Dashes

    susanthomas1954 replied to andy3k's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Dear CMS, Nurse Assessment co-ordinators do not WANT to use dashes, but we are not writing fiction here. If we don't know by documentation by interview, we are not really supposed to glean this...

  6. Estimated or researched times to complete MDS 2.0 vs MDS 3.0

    susanthomas1954 replied to Softcrz's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Our personal experience is that the 2.0 full assmt with RAPs took 2.5 hours average. The 3.0 takes just over 3 hours as if you could sit that long with no interruptions. Our company does not allow...

  7. Smith and Nephew hips that have NOT been recalled

    susanthomas1954 posted a topic in Orthopedic

    Hey, all you ortho nurses! I am an MDS Coordinator. (It's ok if you don't know what that is-it's a specialized job for nursing homes and SNF's-I push paper and do case management.) I need your...

  8. Any ideas for effective ADL training?

    susanthomas1954 replied to chlori's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I use a packet of salt to demonstrate weight bearing. I move it across the table with one finger, to the edge of the table, (limited)then lift a corner with one finger as it goes over the edge...

  9. Anyone else hate the online job application process??

    susanthomas1954 replied to LPNnowRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    In 38 years of nursing, I have never gotten a job through an online application. I can't even get someone to respond past the canned e-mail that says my application was received. Whenever I need a...

  10. QA/QI ?

    susanthomas1954 replied to TiffanyRN!!'s topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Quality indicators are generated from CMS from the MDS's transmitted during certain time periods-one month, three months and six months. These numbers usually will not match your facility numbers,...

  11. Call schedule

    susanthomas1954 replied to americanTrain's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    More and more companies and administrators are realizing that the MDS nurses cannot be in an on-call rotation. I look for it to be a law eventually. No one has any idea of what we carry. I am one...

  12. Need a plan

    susanthomas1954 replied to txdon's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Get your large corporation to get on top of the new hire orientation. There are laws about what has to be done for compliance. They need to send a regional A) To Do Some ACTUAL WORK and B) To give...

  13. DON passing trays in dining room

    susanthomas1954 replied to americanTrain's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    One DON I knew took to taking away the med cart keys from all the floor nurses until all the trays were served. It worked. The nurses and aides got those trays passed like lightning. Everyone in...

  14. Smith and Nephew hips that have NOT been recalled

    susanthomas1954 replied to susanthomas1954's topic in Orthopedic

    Update, Made it through surgery. This is WAY Worse than the original surgery. Too much pain to imagine. Anesthetics did not wear off for 5 days, then went to the ER with excruciating pain and was...

  15. MDS and Hospice Team

    susanthomas1954 replied to Susan.B's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    And with the 3.0 changes, make sure the facility MDS coordinator gets a copy of what you give the business office. Every time an LTC patient enrolls in hospice, we have to do a new comprehensive...

  16. MEDICARE HMO'S

    susanthomas1954 replied to ibtootie's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I actually put my HMO PPS MDS's in a separate transmission file that I don't transmit. I have "a" for Medicare, 'B" for OBRA and "n" for anything I don't transmit. Since i transmit 2/wk, I can...

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

    susanthomas1954 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Why isn't social services doing section

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

    susanthomas1954 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Good luck. It looks like I may get some help in the form of my company is hiring an MDS/CM manager for my department to "take the department to another level." Yes, of course, hiring someone to...

  19. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    susanthomas1954 replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    38 years I've been in nursing. I don't know how to do anything else. I cannot flip burgers. I want my name badge to say RN until I die (probably at work, btw). I actually work in a job where my...

  20. Smelling Cancer?

    susanthomas1954 replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    My cat insists on lying on any part of my body that hurts. All night long. It's like she seems to absorb the pain, maybe even thrive on it. WEIRD, as that happened with my last cat (Who was 17 when...

  21. Smelling Cancer?

    susanthomas1954 replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    I also can smell cancer. Noticed it in my first CNA job back in 1973. To me, the smell has changed over the years. I also believe that at least 50% of practicing nurses can see diseases in auras...

  22. Jail vs. Ltc

    susanthomas1954 replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    You have every right to call the cops when you are assaulted or battered even in a work situation. Unfortunately, I work in a situation where this occurs more than occasionally. You can press...

  23. Having hard time coding Section G

    susanthomas1954 replied to jessie26's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Wow, my company says don't use therapy documentation, but I have to for walking because it's not on our ADL documentation sheets. Our corporate guy says absolutely NO, but there is no other...

  24. When is enough enough?

    susanthomas1954 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I have begun to worry more about people who will take a DON job, and not realize their own limitations. I would not have a DON job again. Every nurse manager with another function should be out of...

  25. Sex offenders/ residents screening?

    susanthomas1954 replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My current facility does a sex offender screening on every potential admit. If we find an admit who slipped through the cracks (and we've only found one in two years) we pitched a fit, and he was...