rugsarefun

rugsarefun specializes in MDS.

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1. Well I asked to learn MDS

   rugsarefun replied to Schmoo1022's topic in MDS

   What state do you live in?

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

   rugsarefun replied to Nascar nurse's topic in MDS

   Haven't been on in a while ... I too have been very busy trying to figure things out. I own a company and we contract nurses into nursing homes to do MDS' and it's been quite the challenge. Speaking on behalf of 70 nurses, we all hate the 3.0. The...

3. Are online schools frowned upon for msn?

   rugsarefun replied to Will-B's topic in General Nursing

   I am a business owner in Indiana and hire nurses. Frankly, I don't hire "on-line" grads. I'm sure I'll probably hear all about it now too, lol, but I wanted to give you an honest answer. I might consider it for the MSN program because by this time ...

4. Who is your software vendor for 3.0?

   rugsarefun replied to Ruas61's topic in MDS

   HiTech sucks. I feel sorry for anybody else who uses it

5. How long does it take to learn your job

   rugsarefun replied to meluhn's topic in MDS

   I totally agree with Susan. One month is no way near doable. I manage 70 MDS Coordinators and we (my team-mates and I) feel it takes at least 2 years to really know the job. We aren't even close to being done with orientation in one month. Good l...

6. MDS 3.0 Certification

   rugsarefun replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in MDS

   I've done AANAC as well and I would recommend it. I did a different one about 8 or 9 years ago through a different agency and it required a certain number of CEU's each year through their company (which was very expensive), so I would check into if ...