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Interesting... 95% of the people I know that have contracted covid and/or had exposure are in the hospital I work in. The only one I know that wasn't from an employee at the hospital I work in died from covid. The odds seem to say otherwise in my w...

I did not say the covid vaccine was mandatory. Here it is optional. It is encouraged but optional.

I've been an RN mostly in hospital settings for over 30 years now. I've seen way too much. I now work in care mgmt for our trauma team. My exposure to covid patients is more limited but my bedside nursing friends are exhausted from all the covid pati...

My question is about tube feeding. We have a patient that was admitted with a new peg site (among other things) and tube feeding regime. He was getting bolused TF's and was expected to continue the practice once discharged home. On day 16 of his stay...

Hi everyone! Hope we are all going to encompass the October 1st changes without too much turmoil. I am wondering if anyone can give me an idea about a few things. I am relatively new to MDS; 6 months ago I had never heard the term let alone what it m...

I thought it was 48 hours also... but can't swear to it, especially with how fast things seem to change lately!

Hi fposey, I am sorry you are having such a difficult time finding a job. Years ago when I graduated as an ADN things were the opposite. I have been very blessed in my career and still have only my associates degree. I work in MDS now, and am writing...

Hello Everyone! I just wanted to say thank you all for all the help when I posted here. Also for all the information gained while just browsing others posts. I was brand new to MDS in 2011 and New to LTC then also. I took over the role of MDS coordin...

I was just notified today that a prior patient had Medicare part A while here from 2/21 to 3/3. How do I change the assessment or do I Modify it to reflect her Medicare? We had no insurance info on her at all when she was here. This was sent long ago...

Susan, Are you saying that regardless of pay source or no paysource go ahead and do the OBRA assessments by day 8 also. Just in case....

Thank you!

Thanks Talino, Just to clarify... yes I did the OBRA, and there is nothing more I can or should do, correct? Our billing department seems to think I can somehow fix this and I just want to make sure That i am doing my part correctly. I did read pages...

My Boss is willing to let me take the CPRA course, in this case it is offered thru HCPro Inc. I took the MDS Boot Camp they offer online last year and I would say it was pretty good, but would have been a better option if I had worked more in MDS bef...

@mdsnurse12, which part of texas? I am curious as to the diff in pay in different regions in TX also. I am in Central TX, about half way between Austin and Waco.

Completed a weekly patient conf a while ago, in this one, for the first since I have been here, the activities coordinator actually had to say out loud what kind of activity the patients were participating in and how often... it was a low census week...

Hello again! I am wondering if others out there have the same problem we do in my facility. Here, for some reason, it seems next to impossible to get any of our residents/patients to participate in our activities program. We have an activities coordi...

cynthiamc, not comfortable talking about it here. I will say that you would need to be prepared to account for every minute of your times on the phone. every minute, it's all about stats. you can pm me if you would like to

I did the same job for the same company for several years...

I'm sure this has been asked before, even more than once... Mr X admits to a SNF bed on 1/5/12, he then is discharged from the SNF bed on 1/20/12 and admitted same day to a Hospice bed here in the same facility. He expires on 1/21/12 on Hospice with ...

Fortunately my MDS 3.0 program has a built in RAI manual that you can open and search the same way anytime while doing assessmets etc. It is kind of cool in that it will open to the section on the Manual that corosponds to the section of the MDS asse...

Thanks again talino, understand completely now... appreciate your help!

Hello All! I have a question. First, just to clarify ahead of time, we, meaning where I work, do not have a restorative nursing program... that said, under MDS 3.0 Section O #O0400 Therapies, Part F Recreational Therapy ... is this asking about time ...

Thanks Talino! Any thoughts anyone about if there is a differance in the activity coordinator verses a recreational therapist? I am trying to figure out if I am missing some points toward the RUG score because I have always just put ZERO for the time...

We us VistaKEANE (KeaneCare?)... it is the only one I have ever used so not sure how It compares.... I like it okay but again, nothing to compare it to

FRom my limited experience I would agree it should be coded 8/8... I do so wish I could get the nursing staff to understand this though!