Also called: Minimum Data Set Nurse, RN Assessment Coordinator
A nurse who completes the detailed federal assessments that determine each nursing home resident's care and payment.
Interviews residents, reviews charts, and fills out the 'Minimum Data Set' assessments that tell Medicare how sick each resident is. Get it wrong and the facility loses money or fails inspection.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 4 years after high school. RN (sometimes LPN) plus MDS training and certification (RAC-CT).
Ways in: 2-year college, 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Nursing.
Growing about average. Steady.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Software increasingly auto-fills federal MDS assessments from the chart; nurses verify and interview residents, but fewer coordinators are needed.
Classes: Health-science CTE, Biology, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1141.
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