The Basics Right Chart: Check that you have the correct chart before writing. Penmanship: All your documentation is to be legible so anyone can read it. If you have poor penmanship, begin to print. Your printing will make it easier to read your notes. Now that your nursing notes are legible, let’s talk about the […]
One of our goals this year is to improve our client’s ability to take their own oral medications. Toward this end, we recognized the need to better educate our nurses to recognize their client’s inability to read and/or write and to give you the tools to better serve this population with limited literacy levels. Health […]
Home Healthcare Documents Form CMS-485 (Plan of Care) “The Most Important Document” Home Health is known for its plethora of documents, but one form stands out amongst them all: the “Plan of Care” also called the “485” after its Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services document No. CMS- 485. This document is so important because it is […]