MDS Alert

What Do You Think? Completing R2b, VB2 and VB4 On The Same Day

Published on Wed Aug 23, 2006

Could you, would you, should you?

Question: Some facilities complete the MDS, do the RAPs and care plan on the same day. But is that really an acceptable practice?

Answer: See the experts' answers in the October 2006 MDS Alert.

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What Do You Think? Completing R2b, VB2 and VB4 On The Same Day
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