our restorative nursing program is managed by the rehab department but our restorative nurse aides belongs to the nursing department and their boss is the director of nursing. the director of rehab oversees the entire restorative program, gives recommendation as to who is a candidate for restorative program or who is not. the restorative aides have a log book which is kept in the rehab dept. arranged alphabetically & categorized according to kind of program - ambulation, ROM, splint application...etc... nursing also contributes to the process by reviewing who has improved or declined and referral sheet is forwarded to director of rehab if significant changes or concerns noted. we have trained several nurse aides to be restorative aides and awarded them a plaque of recognition plus company shirts as gifts to boost their morale. we have brought them in the dept. head meeting and to praise them & recognize their efforts. the program is up & going.
--- Holly McGran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We are having the hardest time getting our nursing > rehab/restorative nursing program off the ground. It > has become a very > complicated system of everyone questioning whether > or not it is nursing > rehab; CNAs not documenting or not understanding the > minute concept. > Difficulties communicating to the CNAs what goals > are nursing rehab and > to document on those and not the others that are not > nursing rehab etc. > etc. and what we end up with is the vast amount of > our MDSs with -0 for > this section. Does anybody have any ideas/best > practices or input on how > to get a handle on this. I would appreciate > anything....thank you in > advance. > Holly McGran > ===== Melinda de la Cruz, R.N., B.S.N., RAC-C MDS Coordinator *******CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE******* This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and solely for the use of the person (s) or entity to whom it is intended. If you have received this message in error and are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message and any attachment from your system. Please be advised that any use of this message is prohibited and may be unlawful, and you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ /---------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------/
