thread Delores/Rena???

[J BALL]

There was a recent thread on the listserve regarding all of the assessments that we do along with the MDS i.e. risk for pressure ulcer, side rail assessment, oral assessment, pain assessment, fall risk and on and on and on... As usual, I never thought I would need the end result of all of this info and casually reviewed it then dumped it.  Well, now of course we are reviewing the need for the assessments and trying to enter the assessments that we feel we need to keep into our software then train on their use.  My question is, what is actually required?   We are not JCAHO certified. The bottom line is if the MDS is a stand alone document, are the "assessment forms" really necessary? Please email me privately @ [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Thanks!