Re: simple question

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Welcome Katie! I think the best place for you to start is the RAI Manual...do you have one?   Also, it will be very important for you to check out (and if possible join) AANAC's membership.   Tell us...how much training you have had in the process? When did you start? How many beds are you responsible for? What sections do you complete?   Yes, you did ask a basic question...but we are all basic to some extent...as the regulations are always changing or being clarified.  So feel free to ask basic questions...infact, we welcome them!  You are a brave person to write...others like to lurk....so you may be asking a question that others are thinking about.    I won't bore you and others with the answers as I am sure the questions are being answered as I write this.   A bit of advise.... Don't try to be a perfectionist you will disappoint yourself.  Always, know you will always be learning regardless of the seminars, conventions and articles...no one has it all!  Which is the reason you can feel free to ask the questions on this listserver...someone out there may have part of an answer and others will expound of that answer...this is all part of growing with the MDS.  Oh one last thing...try not to look at the position as a job...but rather as a career I do believe you will find much more rewarding.   Good Luck, The Nose     ----- Original Message ----- From: katie fox To: aanac Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 6:54 PM Subject: simple question Hi I am very new to the whole MDS process and am trying to learn everything at once.   I am the only one in this area that does this job, so I am learning a lot from everyone's emails.  (thank you) I have a very simple question-- What is the time frame for me to complete the MDS after the ARD?  And how long for me to transmit?  Forgive me for the basic question.   Katie Fox, RN Seaview Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 340-777-3303 ext. 114