All nurses in the field of geriatric nursing who wish to understand the federal requirements in the area of care planning and quality of care issues. The MDS is the framework required for giving care in the geriatric setting.
This is a course in geriatric nursing. The federal government’s Minimum Data Set has become the primary driver of both quality of care and reimbursements for the long term care industry. The nurse doing the MDS forms for each facility has become a key staff person.
In addition, all nurses in geriatrics need to be familiar with the contents of the MDS 3.0 for this is the single most important tool available to nurses for understanding the care quality requirements of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
What you will learn:
Each learner will be able to identify the elements of MDS 3.0 Section D: mood
Each learner will be able to identify the elements of MDS 3.0 Section E: behavior
Each learner will be able to identify the elements of MDS 3.0 Section F: preferences for Customary routine and activities.
Each learner will be able to identify the elements of MDS 3.0 Section G: functional status
Each learner will be able to identify the elements of MDS 3.0 Section H: bladder and bowel
Each learner will be able to identify the elements of MDS 3.0 Section I: Active diagnoses
Each learner will be able to identify the elements of MDS 3.0 Section J: health conditions
Each learner will be able to identify the elements of MDS 3.0 Section K: swallowing/nutritional status.