We have alot of orth patients who have daily pain.We use BID pain meds but they
usually still need 1-2 prns in a 24 hour period.The short term pain QI looks at the 14
day MDS.I usually rap my 14 therefore ref day 11-12.These orth patients seem to
trigger this QI,but if I rap my 5 day,I can use grace days on the 14 day and am
finding in most cases less daily pain at that point.This is just a general observation
I am making.I know that many corporations insist that the 5 day be rapped.I can see by
doing it this way that QIs are more positive.
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