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A Step-By-Step Guide To Completing the MDS

Author(s): Janet Feldman, PhD, RN, PhD
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  • ISBN-13: 9780834213661
  • ISBN-10:0834213664
  • Spiral/paperback    192 pages      © 1999
Price: International Sales $161.95 US List
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Completing the Minimum Data Set reduces the Long Term Care Resident Assessment Instrument User's Manual Version 2.0 October 1995, published by the Federal Government, into an easy-to-understand and user-friendly publication. Tips, cautions, definitions, and general instructions are highlighted using shaded boxes, pull-out quotes, bold face bars, and other helpful visual elements to help navigate the user. The guide is written in simple language so that staff on many different levels can accurately complete the MDS forms.

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Contents: ORGANIZATION OF THIS GUIDE * ABOUT THE MINIMUM DATA SET (MDS) * COMPLETING THE MINIMUM DATA SET (MDS) * FULL ASSESSMENT FORM * Identification and Background Information * Cognitive Patterns * Communication/Hearing Patterns * Vision Patterns * Mood and Behavior Patterns * Psychosocial Well-Being * Physical Functioning and Structural Problems * Continence in Last Fourteen Days * Disease Diagnoses * Health Conditions * Oral/Nutritional Status * Oral/Dental Status * Skin Condition * Activity Pursuit Patterns * Medications * Special Treatments and Procedures * Discharge Potential and Overall Status * Assessment Information * Therapy Supplement for Medicare PPS * Medications * COMPLETING THE MDS BASIC ASSESSMENT TRACKING FORM * Identification Information * Appendix * Index
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Janet Feldman, PhD, RN, PhD

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