General Section
DIRACHART — SKILLED DOCUMENTATION · NURSING HOMES (DGEX-SNF)
DiraChart Clinical Reference · Read-only reference edition
Clinical Reference · 2.6
Nutrition, Hydration, Weight & Dysphagia
Weight monitoring and the significant-weight-loss thresholds, intake/hydration tracking, therapeutic and mechanically altered diets, dysphagia signs and aspiration precautions, and enteral/parenteral feeding — the record surveyed under F692 and F693.
Module code | SNF-NUTRITION |
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Version | 1.0 · Population: Adult · DiraChart reference edition |
Used alongside | Gastrointestinal · Skin · Skilled-Daily · Diabetes overlay |
MDS section(s) | K0300 (weight loss) · K0310 (weight gain) · K0510 (nutritional approaches — parenteral/IV, feeding tube, mechanically altered diet, therapeutic diet) · swallowing/oral items |
Survey F-tag(s) | F692 (nutrition/hydration — maintain acceptable parameters; avoid unplanned weight loss) · F693 (enteral nutrition) · F684 |
How to use this module Fill every model note and smart phrase with the shift’s actual values and the resident’s current orders — these are structured examples to edit, never phrases to copy. The universal writing rules in Foundations (the necessity sentence, quantified outcomes, teach-back, closed-loop coordination, MDS-supportive documentation, and care-plan linkage) apply throughout and are not reprinted here. Disease-specific days route to the overlays. Verify each threshold and citation against the current source before use. |
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