RE: MDS day/month

[Deanna J. Ogle]

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I checked several sites for celebratory days/weeks/months and this is what I found.   May is National Older Americans Month May 6-12 is National Nurse's Week May 9-15 is National Nursing Home Week June 10-17 is National Nursing Assistant Week May 6 is Nurse's Day   I couldn't find anything on NAC or MDS nurse but June 6-12 is National Headache Awareness Week and Oct 27 is Cranky Co-worker's Day, one of those might work for us! Maybe we can start an "official" day to recognize everyone who deals with the MDS process. Maybe you can talk about that in Atlantic City. I won't be there this year because I an going on vacation the following week and I will be doing some MDS's early so my fellow MDS nurse will not be so overwhelmed while I am gone for 2 weeks.   Deanna   -----Original Message----- From: Holly Sox, RN, RAC-C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MDS day/month Heck, I think 30 days is more appropriate, looking at MOOD indicators.  ;-)   I vote for NAC month.  To be celebrated at Katie Fox's house in the Virgin Islands. ( Or is it Bahamas, Katie????)     HS Holly F. Sox, RN, RAC-C Clinical Editor   www.careplans.com   [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrea Marks To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Allison Costello Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 1:07 PM Subject: MDS day/month Hi group, another MDS coordinator working with me asked, "when is MDS day?" The Social Workers at our facility are going out to lunch in celebration of SW's month. Does the MDS nurse/coordinator have a day or a month. Maybe we can have a 7 day look back period? Just curious as we sit here entering data into our computer. /---------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------/