RE: MDS signature

[Brenda Chance]

Anyone who does a section of the mds and signs for this is signing for accuracy.  If a RN does a section and signs for this, then she is signing for accuracy of her section as well.  This is nothing new.  When the RN signs for completion at R2b, she is signing for completion only.    See MDS manual, Section AA9, pg. 3-11 and MDS manual, Section R2b, pg. 3-212.  Hope that this helps.   Brenda W. Chance, RN, RAC-C MDS Coordinator     CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MDS signature   Just received information from facility staff that returned from a seminar (Louisiana Nursing Home Association) that as of 1-04, all disciplines (including the RN) will have to sign the MDS as accurate vs. complete.. Has anyone else heard this. Thanks