I would have not completed careplan process since patient was in hospital and re-evaluated once he returned. If changed further from first significant change assessment- I would have closed the first sig change assessment with no careplan and noted this in the chart and do another change in condition.
Jen in Missouri
Jennifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jennifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
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Jennifer RN BSN MDS Coordinator
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