silverbat

silverbat

Care Coordination, MDS, med-surg, Peds

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  1. Moving Target

    silverbat replied to DixieRedHead's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    ummmmm can I suggest....... find another

  2. Moving Target

    silverbat replied to DixieRedHead's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    you are right... if it is between the 14 day and the 30d, etc, there are still COT 7 day lookbacks and if the RUG changes either up OR down, then a COT is required. The bad thing is that if a COT is...

  3. Moving Target

    silverbat replied to DixieRedHead's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Mine come in on weekends, too, that helps. Yes, you can have a COT if in Assessment window, you have to use the COT date if within allowed days for that particular assessment. A COT...

  4. Moving Target

    silverbat replied to DixieRedHead's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I have done a couple of COTs, and EOT's happen a few times a month, and they should, I think, as we can't always "time" things to work out. I sit down with therapy daily to go over minutes accruing...

  5. Moving Target

    silverbat replied to DixieRedHead's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    psychnurse... you let THERAPY set your ARD's? Therapy and you should work together with the ARD's especially now with the COT's, it takes bothe MDS and Therapy working together to get the best...

  6. Moving Target

    silverbat replied to DixieRedHead's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Here is what I do... I schedule my quarterlies and annuals on tues, wed, and thurs. The med A's on mon-Fri. My social services does the b,c,d,e. The activities does f, dietary, k. The rest I obtain...

  7. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    silverbat replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    angelfire... just now got back in to read this thread.... Yep, I have to say, I agree that in this case, you were justified in being upset with the LOL. I guess I was confused and thought this was a...

  8. Salary and responsibility of MDS coordinator/ Medicare case manager

    silverbat replied to limarie's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I understand what you are saying, but when you sign as RN you are verifying completion, NOT accuracy, so it does help some. I have other disciplines who do the assessments, like Soc Serv, activities...

  9. Salary and responsibility of MDS coordinator/ Medicare case manager

    silverbat replied to limarie's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    An MDS Coordinator can even be a Social Service worker, or an LPN, at least in Missouri. The only guideline is that ONLY an RN can SIGN the MDS as

  10. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    silverbat replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    angelfire.. I have to disagree here, respectfully. We are employed to take CARE of even the snarky LOL's that take the seats we vacated. Pregnancy is not an illness such as cancer, COPD, etc. It is...

  11. Upcoming changes to 3.0

    silverbat replied to montecarlo64's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I think it is going to be beyond crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am having nightmares already. We have 15-30 Med A's. sometimes 10-13 discharges a week. I can hardly keep up with discharges and...

  12. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    silverbat replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I had a patient in the hospital whose admitting diagnosis was "impending death" hummmmm couldn't every patient have that potential diagnosis. BTW...pt survived and went homw to live for quite some...

  13. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    silverbat replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I remember reading about at least one couple who were having difficulty with intercourse. The woman said it hurt too badly. On exam it turned out that the couple thought that the urethra was where he...

  14. PPS tracking form

    silverbat replied to miccay's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I would like one as well, if possible... [email protected] thank

  15. Weirdest, funniest, grossest male teenager pt. Stories

    silverbat replied to Mtb97's topic in Nursing Humor

    Originally Posted by OrthoMama I think the OP just means that teenage boys do gross things like fart and stuff.I thought everyone farted LOL of course they do, its just that teenage/pre-teenage...

  16. New LPN, going on four months at LTC facility. HELP!!

    silverbat replied to SweetmadnessLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree that you need to get control of your aides. IF your DON will not help you, go above her to the administrator. He/she will not allow CNA's to run over a nurse. Would your DON consider a CMT to...

  17. New to MDS - ? salary

    silverbat replied to lisa41rn's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I think I will look, maybe in a larger city. I am also planning on moving to a warmer state sometime in the next year or two... I know that I am stressed bad enough with MDS, but to add the on call is...

  18. New to MDS - ? salary

    silverbat replied to lisa41rn's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    unfortunately, I am in

  19. New to MDS - ? salary

    silverbat replied to lisa41rn's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Bellas my baby...........where do you work/live....LOL I take call too

  20. ARD for annual

    silverbat replied to ejpip1's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I would do the sig change ARD 2 days after re-entry...kill 2 birds with one stone, so-to-speak. Sig changes always re-set the assessment

  21. Fictional vital sign charting

    silverbat replied to Rabid Response's topic in General Nursing

    yep!! We caught aides/nurses doing it often enough that we named it! the staff were written up, fired or what ever was next in the disciplinary line up, but it seemes like someone would be caught...

  22. Fictional vital sign charting

    silverbat replied to Rabid Response's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital I worked, we called these "Air Vitals" because you grabbed the numbers out of the air!! Dangerous, unsafe, unethical and just plain old NOT RIGHT to

  23. Does anyone like being and MDS coordinator?

    silverbat replied to NiceShot's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    ice princess, where do you work, and do you need an

  24. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    silverbat replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know this is off topic, but once as a patient myself, i wanted to say this to my nurse:::: I have an epidural line infusing and have had since surgery. I CAN"T feel anything below my waist! I...

  25. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    silverbat replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a ortho Dr. names Bohnes (bones) and a anesthesiologist whose name was pronounced "yer-out" LOL For