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- Trainer's tip: Understand items and conditions problematic to MRI scanning
Other medical conditions, devices, and metallic items that are potentially problematic during MRI scanning are as follows:
- Preparing a resident for an MRI
Occasionally, a facility must send a resident to a hospital or diagnostic center for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This is an excellent diagnostic tool. Nursing personnel must prepare the resident before the test.
- Trainer’s tip: Measuring joint mobility
Assess joint range of motion on the initial (admission) assessment and quarterly thereafter. For accuracy, a therapist should measure joint mobility with a goniometer.
- Range of motion and contractures
Assessment of joint range of motion is an important part of restorative nursing. You must have some type of baseline knowledge of the resident’s joint motion to show you have maintained or improved function.
- Trainer's tip: Prevention and treatment of prerenal azotemia
Prerenal azotemia is a very serious condition that can cause permanent renal damage and failure. Being aware of the resident's risk factors, prevention of dehydration, and close monitoring are always best.
- Prerenal Azotemia: Causes, signs, and symptoms
Prerenal azotemia is the most common form of kidney failure seen in hospitalized patients.
Long-Term Care Blog
MDSCentral gives long-term care professionals MDS 3.0 news and resources to prepare for the new assessment system.
Recent Posts:
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If a resident has a short stay of less than five days and does not receive physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech therapy on the first day in the facility, will two different RUGs be issued – one rehab RUG and one clinical RUG?
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When do we do the COT OMRA – is it based on index maximization?
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Are therapists allowed to take credit in Section O for attendance to care plan sessions where the resident and/or family are in attendance?
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Are there any qualifications for the person doing the MDS interview or can anyone provide this for the resident, as long as the facility approves of them doing the interview?
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The latest RAI changes: April 1 implementation