RE: Significant Change

[Brenda Chance]

It’s not a matter of what your DON wants, it is a matter of following federal regulations and what is best for the resident.  Doing a sign. change will usually identify problem areas and help resolve some care issues.  Tell her that this is not an option.  Pull out your federal tags and the MDS manual.   Brenda W. Chance, RN, RAC-C MDS Coordinator     CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 5:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Significant Change   MY DON Doesn't like to me to do significant change MDS assessments if there are MDS items on there that will raise the QI's: example weight loss, wounds