Restorative Nursing

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9. Weak vs. strong documentation

Weak — does not survive

Why it fails

Strong — defensible

“Restorative done.”

No technique, minutes, assist level, tolerance, or goal — O0500 unsupported and the skilled need unproven.

The ambulation model note in §3: technique, distance, assist, minutes, days in the look-back, tolerance, RN evaluation, and the O0500/GG linkage.

“Ambulated in hall.”

No distance, device, assist, or minutes — reads as a walk, not a program.

“Ambulated 75 ft with a rolling walker and contact-guard ×1, 20 min, 6/7 days per the program, tolerated (SpO₂ 96%).”

Restorative charted as therapy

Miscategorizes the service and the PDPM component.

Document restorative as nurse-directed (O0500/nursing component); route skilled-therapy episodes to the clinical reference.

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