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I used it first as a new staff nurse and more recently as a manager to understand and explain the whole picture for documentation and reimbursement guidelines. Dec 31, 2011 health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it. The home health aide handbook jetta fuzy, rn, ms william leahy, md fourth edition. Margaret, a study of home health care nurses client visit documentation 1991. Governments rights in software and documentation shall be only those set forth in this agreement. Healthcare documentation fundamentals and practice abebooks. Discussions of how and what to document seem to be never ending yet results of external audits continue to deny payment of visits for lack of content supporting the need for care. The book has been specially tailored as a teaching tool for home health aides.
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