I would wait to complete the assessment , if I were you. The 92nd day is not until March 31st, and if the resident is in the hospital you will have another 14 days after the return to the facility to complete the MDS if you enter the reentry date in A4a. There is always a good chance that a Significant Change will occur whenever a resident is hospitalized. If you complete the annual now, you might have to do a Significant Change on his return. I would wait to do the annual until after the readmission and determine then if it should be an annual or a Significant Change. That way, you won't end up doing 2 comprehensives, only 1.
-----Original Message----- From: MaryPat Carhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mar 22, 2004 8:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: Hospitalized Resident -----Original Message----- From: MaryPat Carhart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 1:06 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Hospitalized Resident Please send answers to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm using someone elses computer. We had a resident be sent to the hospital and subsequentially admitted 3/17/04. Her ARD was set as 3/17/04. We are doing this as an annual assessment. Her previoos R2b date was 12/31/03. She is well within the 366 days for her annual assessment. I feel we need to complete the present assessmnet with the ARD date 3/17/04 then when she comes back from the hospital (Dx. Urosepsis) ALLOW HER A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO STABILIZE AND IF NEED BE DO A SIG. CHANGE at that time. I'm being told to wait to do the annual until she returns from the hospital. HELP what's the answer? Thanks, Cindy /---------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------/ /---------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------/
