I agree that we tend to duplicate many assessments. My only concern is: what happens if we do not do those skin, pain, safety, etc assessments upon admission. How can we justify our interim plan of care which we use until the admission assessment with R/T is completed. Wouldn't we be leaving o ourselves open to a great liability? Just pondering. Cathy Petros, RN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 9:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Assessments I just read an article in one of the PPS magazines written by Stephen [I forget his last name]who works for a company from Massachusetts but he speaks at national forums.He is well versed in the MDS.He spoke about approx. 100 homes around the country who don't do all these extra assessments but use the MDS as their tool.I thought it was so interesting that he gave me the name of one of these homes.My DON will get in touch with them I hope.I have long thought that we are doing too much paper work.At our facility we do all these admission,and quarterly assessments, that are really a duplication of the MDS.Are you all doing multiple assessments in addition to the MDS.WE DO ON ADMIT AN ORAL,FALL,SKIN,DEHYDRATION,SIDERAIL,PAIN,BOWEL AND BLADDER.I think we could write our assessment policies based on answers in the MDS and a few other factors. /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/ /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/
