6 Section
Plan of Care & Orders
The 485, measurable goals, frequency and duration, and order clarifications.
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6.1The Plan of Care, Field by Field
What belongs in each part of the plan of care, why it is a legal document and not a form, and the fields that get episodes denied.
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6.2Writing Measurable Goals
The four parts every goal needs, worked rewrites for nursing and therapy, and why an unmeasurable goal costs you the discharge.
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6.3Frequency and Duration — How to Write It
How to read and write a frequency, what a range commits you to, and why missing a written frequency is a denial.
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6.4Verbal Orders and Clarifications
When you need an order, how to take one safely, and the difference between a new order and a clarification.
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6.5Changing the Plan Mid-Episode
When the plan has to change, who can change what, and the sequence that keeps the chart, the schedule, and the team in step.