pixie120

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1. Careplans and Quarterlies

   pixie120 replied to txdon's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   I understand the floor nurses are busy, when they get a new dx/treatment, all they have to do is turn to the careplan, handwrite somewhere a new C/P: UTI goal: Resolve UTI Interventions: ABO...

2. RN aphabet letters for MDS completion

   pixie120 replied to pixie120's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   Thanks for the information. We review all MDS data, as an IDT, every morning and do the quaterly/comprehensive assessments (Braden, AIM etc) and write an IDT note per each MDS due. We double checked,...

3. RN aphabet letters for MDS completion

   pixie120 replied to pixie120's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   FYI, in this building we have 3 RN MDS/RCM's, is probably why they do the "extra" work that some don't? Max patients per MDS/RCM is 20, Medicare mixed thru out all

4. RN aphabet letters for MDS completion

   pixie120 replied to pixie120's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   Thanks for the information. Perhaps I asked the question wrong. In our building the SW does D,E, Q Activities does F and RN/MDS does the rest....so (including CAA's) so my question is this: RN signs...

5. How many COT's?

   pixie120 replied to pixie120's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   Ok,good to know. Next question, the PPS folks that were "grandfathered in", they do NOT have to be looked at continously every seven days? (The folks that admitted and had their 5 day, 14 day...

6. DNS/DON question

   pixie120 replied to pixie120's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   Umm...exactly. and when other's won't participate, give that information, it becomes quite a quandry doesn't it? Another great thing we just had implemented, MDS nurses now have direct access to the...

7. DNS/DON question

   pixie120 replied to pixie120's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   Appreciate your post, somehow I didn't see it until today.You are so very right, I can't hide what I know....sad isn't it? I am interviewing for several jobs in the area in companies that seem to have...

8. What kind of staffing do you have?

   pixie120 replied to TiredRN-momto4's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   Would you mind if I asked what your PPD is? Must be about 3 or a little under/over? (For

9. Q.I.S.

   pixie120 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   Yes, in a wierd way, it does seem much more detached, and as they don't do a verbal exit everyday, sometimes you can actually take a breath here and there. Days 1-3 are not too bad, it's when they go...

10. How many COT's?

    pixie120 replied to pixie120's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    SO it would go like this: day one, then 5 day, 14 day, 21 day possible COT, day 28 (30 day would fit here), day 35 possible COT, day 42 possible COT.....thru day 100. I though I read that a COT has...

11. Q.I.S.

    pixie120 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Best words of advice I ever got were 1. Never let them see you sweat 2. Tell the truth 3 Continue the best practice care that you always give, as if it were just another

12. MDS RN to resident ratio?

    pixie120 replied to crazyforthis's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Kudos for saying that last line, the other disciplines are kinda irritated with nursing, in our building, sort of an us vs them, "just because nursing has to do another assessment....". I think they...

13. How many COT's?

    pixie120 posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Ok, here is my question. please check my math here" In looking at all of this, for PPS/Med A, potentially there are ONLY 4 COT's that could possibly trigger? In a perfect world: 5 day: if a COT...

14. I've been gone for a year-obsolete?

    pixie120 replied to crissrn27's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Lots of updates on the CMS sites, and this is a great resource. Good luck (I think your MDS 2.0 experience serves you well, but you gotta frame it up better that you have been studying, on your own,...

15. med error or flawed entry

    pixie120 replied to supervisorhatchet's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    WHen I worked Assisted Living, the pharmacy did our MAR's, and they were always written as per community prescription, ie Tylenol 2 325 mg tabs twice daily as needed. LTC: pharmacy will begin doing...