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Title Supervisory Visits In The Schedule

Published on Tue Mar 01, 2011

Is keeping in compliance with rules for aide supervisory visits proving difficult? These tips from the Joint Commission's Diane Flynn may help. Assign a specific title for supervisory visits in the schedule, Flynn suggests in the Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based accrediting body's newsletter. This calls attention to the nature and timing of the visit, so it will not be moved or assigned to an LVN/LPN. And encourage the RN or therapist to "conduct and document the supervisory visit on the first visit of every week to keep track of the timing," Flynn says. More advice is online at www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/18/Home%20Care%20Bulletin%201%202011%20final1.PDF.
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