My main facility went through their “mock survey” yesterday and today–the time of the year when people from other facilities and from the regional and district offices come to rip us up and down in preparation for state surveys.
The goal is to find what needs to be fixed and either fix it or at least have a plan in place by the time state comes knocking at our doors.
But what mock survey usually means is a whole lot of stress and coming out feeling like you’ve been chewed up and spit out.
Which is why, this week I’m thankful…
…for a limited amount of tags (Tags are the “gotchas” the survey team hands out.)
…for a dietitian surveyor who is a former classmate (It’s always nice to catch up–and Lindsay was very good to walk me through my first mock survey.)
…for no holes in my documentation (I generally find at least one thing per day that I think I probably should be doing, doing more of, or doing better at. I am grateful that the mock survey did not point out anything more.)
…for a wonderful management team that I truly enjoy being a part of
…for great charge nurses who do a fantastic job of notifying me of changes, allowing me to catch problems before they become huge issues
…for getting something done in the last couple of days–I never dreamed I would actually be able to do some of my own work while surveyors were here!
…for non-busy times at the other facilities and accommodating Executive Directors who are willing to let me spend an extra day in Columbus in the upcoming few weeks so that I can stay on top of changes in this facility.
…for the Sovereign God who directs the cosmos and takes the time to work out the details of MY little-ole-mock-survey. :-)