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Check Out This Fax Form For Reporting Diarrhea

Published on Thu Jul 28, 2005

Use this data collection form for residents who have three or more consecutive watery stools.

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Long-Term Care Survey Alert

Survey Compliance:
Learn The In's And Out's Of Indwelling Catheter Use Under F315
Catheters require one of these medical rationales - and a care plan

If you routinely use [...]

Quality Improvement:
Connect The Dots Between Incontinence-Related QIs
Otherwise, you'll miss the big survey picture. Remember those quizzes in school that asked you [...]

Clinical Care:
Resident Have Chronic Diarrhea? Target These Common Culprits
These care strategies can turn around even persistent cases.

Talk about a tough nursing problem: Residents [...]

Survey Compliance:
Have Foresight: Ward Off F Tags For Shortfalls In Medical Director Oversight
Comply with the new F501 tag before it goes into effect in November.

The handwriting is [...]

Information Management:
Hello Doctor, The Facts Are In The Fax
Faxing assessment forms helps meet physician notification requirements. Playing phone tag with physicians won't get [...]

What Do You Think?
Question 1: Does a nursing facility need an active ethics committee?

Question 2: How might [...]

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Check Out This Fax Form For Reporting Diarrhea
Use this data collection form for residents who have three or more consecutive watery stools.

Survey Management:
Jump On The Physician Credentialing Bandwagon
Ensuring physician accountability can improve your care, survey record.

If your facility is having difficulty getting [...]

Survey Tip:
Stay Free Of This Facility's Restraint-Related Survey Snafu
Make sure surveyors don't reach the wrong conclusion about a self restraint.

Picture this: A surveyor [...]

Case Study:
Let An Ethics Committee Be Your Guide For Residents' Rights At End Of Life
The time to prevent survey and legal disputes is way before they occur.

Are you [...]

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Survey & Clinical News
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