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Interviewing for MDS 3.0
Resident Assessment
Learn the interview skills that lead to better nursing home
resident care while ensuring MDS 3.0 compliance.
MDS 3.0 is set to take effect on October 1st, 2010 and represents a dramatically different assessment process. “Interviewing for MDS 3.0 Resident Assessment” is a great first step to ensuring you and your staff are prepared for the MDS 3.0 assessment process.
About the Course
The course focuses on developing quality interviewing skills for improved assessment accuracy and nursing home resident care. The course examines problems that, when uncovered and resolved, can greatly improve the quality of life for residents in nursing homes.
Patient interviewing has become an important skill for nurses and other healthcare professionals. When interviewing long-term care residents, successful assessment relies just as heavily on reactions and feelings as it does on facts.
Regulatory compliance issues, such as the interview process in the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) and Minimum Data Set (MDS) have made good interview skills a valuable proficiency.
This course explains several general interviewing techniques, as well as specific interview tasks for the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI).
About the Authors
Kimberly A. Tartaglia, BSN, MBA, RN, CPHQ
Kimberly Tartaglia is an experienced Nurse and skilled speaker, with decades of experience in healthcare education, accreditation and quality management. Kim obtained her BSN from Loyola University of Chicago and a MBA and Human Resources Certificate from Keller Graduate School of Management in Chicago, IL. She is also a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) by the National Association of Healthcare Quality.
Laura G. More, LCSW
Laura More is a licensed clinical social worker. She earned her Masters of Social Work from Florida State University. Laura has over twenty years of healthcare experience, with a focus on medical social work in rehabilitation. Laura has directed case management, social service, and rehabilitation in outpatient, skilled nursing, and inpatient hospital settings. In addition to her social work, Laura is a talented public speaker and corporate trainer. She has developed extensive managerial training presentations for healthcare facilities. She has presented seminars at the Florida Association of Rehab Providers, Florida Health Care Association, North Carolina Health Care Association, the American College of Health Care Administrators, and the West Coast Case Management Association, among others. Laura is a founder of Care2Learn, a provider of online educational courses. She currently serves as an author and consultant for More & More, LLC.