RE: Mds scheduling

[Shelley L. Becker]

In our facility, we have as many as 53 MDS's due in a single week.  We have been, for years, completing the MDS and RAP's on the ARD, with brief follow-up the next morning to insure nothing was missed.  I lock all the assessments for transmission and have also developed my own system of colored highlighters to indicate what is done.  With three departments, and some weeks as many as 7 nurses completing the assessments, it was either that or drown.  I have a master resident list with ARD's that are done three months at a time, and since our state (ND) uses the MDS for payment for all private pay and Medicaid residents, I track those as well.  This is on a spreadsheet, along with Medicare PPS schedules. No wonder I'm tired.  SB -----Original Message----- From: Holly Sox, RN, RAC-C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 6:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mds scheduling What finally worked for me is to take the spreadsheet with my weekly assessments due, and develop a system of highlighting/check marks to delineate what I have done so far. You could add in the due dates, and then yellow out or check off the components as you complete them.  I have the sheet on my computer at work, so email me privately if you want it. My email is in my sig line below.  You could also use a daily planner, the type with a full page column for each day, and pencil in the due dates for specific components. A former coworker did that and it worked well for her.   HS Holly F. Sox, RN, RAC-C  Clinical Editor, Careplans.com www.careplans.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 7:02 AM Subject: Mds scheduling At my last facility we always did the MDS the day after the ARD Raps everything.  The new facility has a different policy and I am scared I will miss closing something.  For Admission/Annual/Sig Change ARD, then 2 days for data entry then print draft for review next day, then close next day then 1 day to do raps, then complete/update MDS and scedule care conference following Wed then close MDS.  How am I supposed to remember to go back and close everything and which MDS is at which part?  It just seems to drag it out forever and like I said I am scared I will miss completing something.  ANy suggestions? Lisa