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Remember This Timing for Hospital Observations
Question: If a resident goes to a hospital emergency room and receives intravenous (IV) medication but comes back to the facility, all in the same day — not overnight — we should count that information in our own records, right? We don’t complete a discharge assessment. New Mexico Subscriber Answer: The RAI Manual defines the leave of absence, on page 2-13, as not requiring “completion of either a Discharge assessment or an Entry tracking record, occurs when a resident has a: Make sure you document any changes to the resident in the medical record.
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