Recommendations for using reverse staging to complete the MDS-2.
The use of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) for documentation in long term care has resulted in the widespread reliance on reverse staging to document the healing of pressure and venous ulcers. This article presents a pragmatic approach for defining the healing process in a staging nomenclature so that it is physiologically accurate.
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D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009737:Nursing Records; D010343:Patient Admission; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D014481:United States; D014945:Wound Healing