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Department on Disability Services

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Nursing Assessments

This assessment is to be utilized by a Registered Nurse RN) in assessing adults with significant ID/DD challenges. This assessment is designed for individuals needing an ICF level of care or 24 hour staff supports. In addition, the Director of Nursing in any setting may decide to use this form in order to best assess an individual’s health care status.

This assessment will enable the RN to develop desired health outcomes for the Health Care Management Plan (HCMP). The HCMP is the concluding part of this assessment, and is an integral part of it. No assessment will be considered complete unless the HCMP is attached.

Full document, Nursing Health and Safety Assessments includes the following documents to assess nursing care:

Person-Centered Thinking

Person-centered thinking is a philosophy behind service provision that supports positive control and self-direction of people’s own lives. DDS is working to implement this through training sessions and other agency wide initiatives.

Employment First Initiative

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Under the Employment First philosophy, competitive, integrated employment is the first and overwhelmingly preferred option for working-age youth and adults with disabilities.