----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 7:26
PM
Subject: Re: HELP! interviewing for
information
When I first go to see the resident on the very first
visit, I always take a newspaper with me. Instant vision exam. You
cannot depend on the nurses until after you've taught them how, otherwise
every patient has normal vision because they looked at the nurse in the
room.
Corey
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:04
PM
Subject: RE: HELP! interviewing for
information
I
would see if anyone else noted vision problem on their assessments -
PT, OT, Activities. Check the H&P for info. Or ask a
nurse who knows the resident to document. Certainly something
must be on the Admission Assessment?
I have seen here that it is acceptable to interview staff,
resident's(?), etc, for information for the MDS. Here's
my situation. None of the nursing staff documented on a resident's
vision during the assessment period. Can I go to the resident
myself, after the assessment window has closed, and find out for myself
about her visual abilities? Then what do I document? I'll be
dating it after the assessment window. My UMR has said that I cannot
use anything outside of the assessment window. If I go back to the nursing
staff and ask them to write an addendum note, I waste more time going back
and forth to check if it's been done. What does everyone else do
here, if you don't have the information you need to support the answers to
the questions on the MDS???
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