Re: RNAC's, do you do mds documentation?

[Rnlncoh]

In a message dated 3/23/04 3:52:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 2.  How many rnac's are doing their "own" assessments during the assessment period?   And I did see a comment about this as a potential problem for surveyor's that the only documentation is from the rnac.  I don't mean fall assessments, or braden skin assessments. I mean documenting on vision, hearing, memory, and things like that.    I guess I'm frustrated today!   I just heard another nurse is resigning today,  she is the only nurse who consistently documented what is needed on that unit!   So, any thoughts? Thanks, Nancy We also have those same problems.  Unfortunately, a lot of our long term nurses don't document well either.  And we have been cautioned about self-serving documentation several times, but not cited.  We are inservicing over and over and over, ect.  It is frustrating.  One thing we did do was go back to the weekly charting on every resident, where all three shifts split up each floor and do 2 or 3 residents each shift each day.  This has helped a lot to get more documentation than what we had in the past.    Go on a chocolate binge and enjoy!  Sherri