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Try This Approach to Assessing Ability

Published on Fri Jan 04, 2013

Adjust your phrasing for more accurate answers. When it comes to completing OASIS items, there is a difference between "ability" and "willingness," says Pat Jump, MA, BSN, RN, COS-C, with Rice Lake, Wis.-based Acorn’s End Training & Consulting. Knowing the difference is vital because it’s ability that the OASIS is designed to measure. Ability is the capability to accomplish or [...]
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