Re: Skilled Nursing Team Meetings

[Guest guest]

We are in an 11 bed hospital based skill nursing unit (HBSNF). Our meetings

are:

1) Daily stand up meeting in the morning consisting of RNAC (Nurse Assessment

Coordinator), OT, PT, Speech and Administrator on a PRN basis. Stand up

meeting is no more than 15 minutes and emphasizes census, RUGS minutes of

therapy, admissions and discharges. Finding the right time of the morning is

tricky since as a hospital based facility the RNAC is often pulled away for

telephone calls and doctor rounds.

2) Weekly Interdisciplinary Team Meeting with all disciplines (Administrator,

Activities, Nursing - both the RNAC and the DON, Clinical Dietitian, Medical

Director, Pharmacy, OT, PT, Social Service, Speech). Typically this meeting

is an hour long. All residents are reviewed with the main focus of the

resident status to his/her care plan. This meeting also serves as a time to

review any administrative issues. It is my understanding that this type of

meeting is required under the Medicare regs.

3) The Patient/Family conference is handled by the Administrator, DON, and

Social Services.

Hope this information is of value

P. Slocum

Director of Rehab

Greater Hazleton Health Alliance, Pennsylvania

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