susanthomas1954

susanthomas1954

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  1. Pricked with a dirty needle

    susanthomas1954 replied to Jewl's topic in General Nursing

    Opposite: I am a Hep B carrier and stuck myself as I was injecting into an IV line. I could have infected the patient! Managed to shut off the line and hang all new tubing, etc., but the patient...

  2. Clearing Up Myths on Health Insurance Reform and IHS

    susanthomas1954 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this. I work in a nursing home, and prefer working with the IHS case managers to any other governmental agency employees. IHS rocks!

  3. A Sister Never Forgets

    susanthomas1954 replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing

  4. Managed care

    susanthomas1954 replied to Rascal1's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Well, all the facilites in Southern Arizona expect the MDS coordinator to case manage the Med A's which is a snooze, but the case management for managed care is a nightmare. Every payor source has a...

  5. CP meeting invites

    susanthomas1954 replied to glm777's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    We also invite community case managers for third party payor sources and hospice nurses assigned to routine hospice patients. And anyone else that the patient/resident wants to

  6. "How Can You Stand It?"

    susanthomas1954 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I have worked in LTC and sub-acute for the last 10 years after being forced to "go back to work," and it's great. The worst has been that my father was placed in a nursing home 1100 miles away,...

  7. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    susanthomas1954 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, there was the man who was telling me about his wife's RADIOLOPATHY... and the transcriptionist who typed that the psych patient was having DILUTIONS (that was just last week.) and recently a...

  8. Hepatitis B vaccine

    susanthomas1954 replied to toninz's topic in General Nursing

    You should be able to sign a waiver, regardless. I have never had any vaccines, because they are against my belief system, and I have never had any problem getting a job. BTW, I am a Hep B carrier,...

  9. Meetings

    susanthomas1954 replied to carrieMDSrn's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Daily we have a brief PPS for Medicare, but it's usually just the rehab manager and myself to make sure all the Med A patients are getting the minutes that were scheduled. Also, someone from my...

  10. Managed care

    susanthomas1954 replied to Rascal1's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    If you've never had any training in case management, it is an abomination that they expected you to do this under the guise of MDS. I'm laying odds it was a Kindred

  11. Changing MDS Data

    susanthomas1954 replied to meghan61's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Don't forget that the nurse who signs the R line is just saying that the MDS was completed under his/her oversight. There are several ways to look at your situation. I have some social service people...

  12. Managed care

    susanthomas1954 replied to Rascal1's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Yes, I feel your pain. You are doing CASE MANAGEMENT!!!!!! Why facilities think that MDS co-ordinators can do managed care case management is a huge mystery to me. Many of these plans do not follow...

  13. MDS Duties

    susanthomas1954 replied to mercy1975's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    The federal government time study estimates that an initial MDS/RAP and care plan should take 1 1/2 hours. That would also be true for annuals if done correctly, because technically they should be...

  14. Is there any weight to MDS "certification?"

    susanthomas1954 replied to IMABSNRN's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    A lot of the certification respect is in the eye of the beholder. Most DON's and Administrators just want to know that YOU know how to do your job, because they don't have the foggiest idea what you...

  15. MDS Nurses: do the other departments respect MDS?

    susanthomas1954 replied to nyteshade's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    A good administrator lets everyone know in no uncertain terms that the MDS coordinator is THE MOST IMPORTANT NURSE in the building. If everyone else wants to get paid appropriately, and stay in...

  16. MDS Coordinator sub-forum

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

    Your rehab manager probably has a chart with the rehab RUGS, and unless you can carry everyone's ADL score around in your head, I doubt a mnemonic would be of any value. The minute breakdown for...