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Although OASIS often gives you this as a choice when coding an answer, it should be RARELY used. Maybe just for WEIGHT when there is no scale in home.
What is a dash ? No information.
The most common test of balance we see performed on our homecare patients. It does require an actual number score in your goals. Try to hit a 28.
What is the Tinetti Test?
This time saver makes the Core Care Plan automatically populate in your visit. No pulling it in.*
What is changing the Core Care Plan in Guidelines to YOUR discipline when nursing transfers the case management to you?
This is the name of the new OT and SLP in Kent/Sussex Rehab.
Who are Elizabeth (Liz) Weiss OT and Rebecca Pertain SLP?
THIS is the area of the Core Care Plan so routinely used that you should put your discipline's initials there first when documenting, so others can tell its YOUR note.
What is Patient Synopsis?
This is the question that asks us at discharge how many falls did the patient have this episode.
What is J 1800?
A terrific test to use with joint patients to see if they are ready for community ambulation. You need to time it and measure a 4 meter distance. **
What is Gait Speed?
The most commonly used Functional Test that needs ACTUAL NUMBERS to be stated in your goals (not just "will decrease") *
What is TUG ?
This is a brand new item you can sign out of the education department to trial in a patient's home for transfers, BEFORE suggesting the patient purchases their own. *
What is a Transfer/Slide Board?
This is where you should write your supervisory note when you co-visit with a COTA or PTA *
What is Interteam Services in the Core Care Plan?
There are three ways to answer a GG question 1)Direct Observation 2)Interview and 3) this way.
What is inferring from other functional abilities the patient has demonstrated?
This Functional Test is great for the patient who cannot stand and their sitting balance and fall risk is in question *
What is the FIST? Function in Sitting Test
The number of Goals you must have in order to see a patient for Speech Therapy?
What is "no specific number" Just make them measureable, dated and relevant.
This is the note template that was updated most recently *
What is the Discharge Template?
The "Phrase" most often left in BY MISTAKE in any clinician's order text. *
What are Diabetic Foot Care interventions?
You are an OT. You eval the patient at day three of the episode. You notice the GG 0130 questions of the SOC OASIS are all answered as 06 and 05 on a patient that requires constant physical assist and supervision. You should do this.
What is discuss with the SOC Clinician the patient's functional abilities before the nursing visit and HCFA POC are locked?
OTs score this test often with their patients. A higher score means greater ADL independence. *
What is the Barthel Index?
This is where I can change the goals when they are progressing or not getting met.
What is in the guideline area in the box that says "planned" at SOC. Update them. Achieve them. ESPECIALLY AT RECERTIFICATION
This is the scale used for Depression when a patient has dementia. **
What is the Cornell Scale?
The only person who should document a patient fall in the Core Care Plan under the J 1800 tab. *
What is the clinician who fills out the Fall Report (R2L)?
You are a PT. On eval day 2 of the episode you label your patient as chairfast and plan on improving their ability to mobilize in a wheelchair. The GG0170 Q question in OASIS D SOC is answered NO. You should do this. *
What is discuss with the SOC Clinician and GG0170 Q have it changed to YES before SOC visit and HCFA POC is locked?
This tool is used by speech pathologists to test cognition *
What is the BCAT? Brief Cognitive Assessment Tool
One or two of these kinds of goals must be included in all therapy goals. (A common example is Patient Can Demonstrate and Teach Back HEP.)
What are Short Term Goals?
This is the only time when you need to fill out the blank short and long term goals in your order text.
What is when you write a Verbal Order?
These are four forms found in the patient folder and ALL clinicians are responsible for seeing that they are completed.*
What are the patient schedule, the patient's POC, the Patient's Discharge Plans and the Emergency Preparedness Buddy?