debdarlin 0 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 I'M A NEW ADC AND AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY ADMINISTRATOR TAKING ME SERIOUSLY ABOUT MY NEW POSITION. I'M TRYING TO GET STARTED QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR OUR ACTIVITY DEPT. ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE 6 DIFFERENT UNITS WITH SIX AD'S. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFO I CAN USE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinLynn 0 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 I'M A NEW ADC AND AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY ADMINISTRATOR TAKING ME SERIOUSLY ABOUT MY NEW POSITION. I'M TRYING TO GET STARTED QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR OUR ACTIVITY DEPT. ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE 6 DIFFERENT UNITS WITH SIX AD'S. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFO I CAN USE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinLynn 0 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Your QUALITY ASSURANCE(QA/QI) comes from everything you input on the MDS, it shows who flags for what ie: wounds, weight loss, falls, little or no activity, pretty much EVERYTHING. Those are the people you should focus on as do the state. Activities usually doesn't flag, if so, someone isn't doing their job. If activities flags, make sure that person is on 1:1 RV. If you ever want to see a report ask the MDS Coor., they'll put a report for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soduspoint 0 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Quality Assurance reports are often requested by the Department of Health. It can be an invaluable tool at evaluating your department. Quality assurance data collecting can be time consuming. I have 6 units to assess. I look at 25% of the charts to review TR assessments, progress notes, RAP's and care plans. I have a tool that I mark off it is done correctly and timely. I review each TR program offered and look to see if it is for our 1:1, low, middle, or high functioning population ( many overlap). I then do the same measurement with each resident. I find the percentage and then make sure I am providing enough programming for each population. I do kitchen audits and infection control audits in the beauty shop. I also require my staff to do peer reviews and that is also QA. Each year I do a survey of the resident's satisfaction with TR programs. I hope this helps. Good Luck. I think that using QA as a tool to demonstrate the importance of TR is a good decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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