RE: simple question

[Cathy Petros]

Try to take some time during your work day to review the emails.  I consider it part of my job to be informed.       This e-mail, and any attachments there to, is intended for use by the addressee(s) named herein, and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information.  If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of the e-mail, and any attachment thereto, is strictly prohibited.  If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by telephone at 207-866-4914 and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof. -----Original Message----- From: cmdg[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cmdg[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of katie fox Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 9:44 PM To: cmdg@aanac.org Subject: Re: simple question   Hi I do have a manual and it is on my lap the whole time I am at the computer.  We are the only facility on the island that does MDS.  We are very small, 25-35 residents.  I did not get much training, as our consultant was trying to catch us up from our computer going down in June, she was there for two weeks.    I started in the middle of August.  (surveyors  came on my second day on the job)  I do all the sections some of the time and some of the time I can get our other departments (activities, social services) to do their sections.  Therapy always comes through for me and they give me the information for their section.  I did join AANAC and have been reading emails almost every night after work.    Katie Fox, RN Seaview Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 340-777-3303 ext. 114 ----- Original Message ----- From: dfrias To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:32 PM Subject: Re: simple question   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