nursy54

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1. Policy Re; AMA

   nursy54 replied to nursy54's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Thanks for all the comments. I spoke w the DON about AMA , and how other facilities deal w/ it. She still insists , and ill quote, " When a resident wants to leave AMA, we still need to keep them as...

2. QM's and Pain

   nursy54 replied to TigerxLiLy's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   Hello. I have the same concern. I work in a LTC facility where there seems to be a much younger population than there was a few years ago and they always seem to have pain no matter what there on. Its...

3. Policy Re; AMA

   nursy54 replied to nursy54's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   thank you for the replies. when the very first DON was there, thats exactly what she said... they get nothing. as time went on and our DON's changed, so did the "policy" (its in quotes because I cant...

4. Policy Re; AMA

   nursy54 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I have a resident that says he's signing out tomorrow (AMA). My question is, do we give him a discharge summary, or just his RX ? The last time a resident signed out AMA, all the departments filled...

5. MDS Coordinator sub-forum

   nursy54 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   Hello. When I ask the resident if they have had any pain in the last 5 days I always code what their answer was. Just because they are recieving pain meds doesnt mean they are/ are not in pain. The...