Re: How can an accurate MDS and RAPs help provide good care?

[Lois Bluhm]

In the days before residents were assessed AT the computer we wrote on the RAPs printed by the computer after the MDS was entered by Data Entry Persons.  Could this not be combined with what you are doing now?  All Disciplines need input to EACH Rap and as the Coordinator it is your responsibility to make that happen.    ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 11:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How can an accurate MDS and RAPs help provide good care?   In a message dated 4/1/04 6:07:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Doing the RAPS should not make you feel redundant. You can actually join several RAPS together and just refer to RAP# REVIEW NOTE for your other RAPS IF THESE RAPS ARE INTERRELATED. Also, I would insist that each discipline address their RAP triggers otherwise the whole process will not be interdisciplinary. Yes, you may be the RAP expert & yes, your team members maybe amateurs in addressing the RAPS as you do but that's the reason why you are the coordinator. You should have the ability to lead the whole team to do their part to the most of their ability and therefore be effective as a team. I completely agree with this.  However, our facility will not let the other disciplines use the computers and so the MDS nurses do all the raps and many of the poc's as well.  It is not the right way to do it.   Sherri