We have a resident who was experiencing bizzare behavior and declined from setup in dressing and personal hygiene to extensive assistance. We did a sig. change but never careplanned him as he was admitted to the hospital . He has returned with no improvement but has been incontinent of urine at night. This is causing a change in coding from 0 to 3 in urine incontinence and 0/0 to 3/2 for toileting. We are now careplanning him since it's his fourteenth day of return. The previous assessment that was done does not reflect the urine incontince. Can we now careplan him for the incontinence without doing another sig change assess? Now that's it's already careplanned, does it make sense to do another sig change. I think it will resolve soon anyway but noone knows foresure.
All respponses will be appreciated. Thanx in advance ===== Jennifer RN BSN MDS Coordinator __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/
