Hi, Holly,
Yes, I replied to another email about this issue a few days ago... When I
find a note like this, I write a progress note explaining why impaction was
not coded on MDS, then I have an individual education session with the nurse
who wrote the note.
It generally only takes one session with me to get the point across. ;-)
Holly Sox
----- Original Message -----
From: "Holly McGran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "AANAC List Serve (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 2:49 PM
Subject: MDS Impactions
.... We had a resident - constipated, not impacted - the nurse documented
impaction inappropriately - would you guys document in the nurses's progress
note to justify why you did not check impaction on the MDS and if so what
would you write or would you have the nurse who documented inappropriately
make a note? Thank you in advance.
Holly QI in CT
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