Hi Kathy, I have to share what areas we were
cited for. Paperwork was the focus it seemed. We sailed through the
direct care issues thank goodness. We got 5 F-tags and 2 state tags.
I can't be too specific but one big area was how we monitored s/e of
psychotropics and behavior monitoring. If anyone has a good program
they're willing to share would be appreciated. We're developing a new
policy. Col.
So glad to hear you survived!! We are in our window, so ours could
come any day now - I have the feeling I'll be putting in some extra weekend
hours until they walk through the door, as I too, am behind right now!
Great job - and I hope the hangovers aren't too bad today!!
Thankyou, Kathy D for your kind supportive
words! We exited today; and came out much better than we really
realized! It was actually not bad considering the stress we were
under. No quality of care issues and we made sure our staff knew it;
they did an awesome job. Paperwork; supportive documentation and
following facility policies seemed to be the focus. So glad it's
over! A few of us went out and had a few drinks to celebrate
that fact and to give eachother support; closing the bond we have between
departments. Colleen
Good luck to you, Colleen - a lot of us end up in that boat, don't we
- it's difficult when the folks responsible for the paperwork have to help
out with the direct patient care, because as we are starting those IV's -
who is doing the MDS? Usually....no one. Hang in
there....KathyD
Hi everyone; just wanted you to know the state
surveyors came to our building on Tuesday; a holiday. Benign one
but a holiday. They're focusing on chemical and physical
restraints, med. adm. and errors. Same old stuff; so much depends
on the Care manager, doesn't it? We have so many LPN's in the
building as charge nurses that I'm spending a lot of my time following
up and doing IV's that they can't do. Unfortunately that doesn't
leave me time to do my own job... And that reflects on our
surveys. I'll let you know how we did. Colleen in
SD.
