{"id":511,"date":"2025-01-01T10:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T16:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/?p=511"},"modified":"2025-02-04T15:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T21:04:13","slug":"top-ten-tips-for-survey-readiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/top-ten-tips-for-survey-readiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Tips for Survey Readiness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/survey-readiness.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/survey-readiness.png 400w, https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/survey-readiness-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/survey-readiness-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Be prepared to show your team\u2019s credentials (RD, CDM, CFPP)<br><br>2. Address infection control<br><br>3. Gather survey materials for Food and Nutrition Services department (i.e. emergency water and food checklist, current menu, meal time schedules, resident list with diet order)<br><br>4. Have written staff competencies and skills checklists<br><br>5. Implement mock surveys<br><br>6. Ensure comprehensive resident centered care plans include food and nutrition interventions<br><br>7. Have a policy for food from outside sources<br><br>8. Create Quality Assurance (QA) and Performance Improvement (PI) goals; be an active member of the QAPI Committee<br><br>9. Participate in the interdisciplinary care team<br><br>10. Ensure each team member is confident in their role \u2013 review competencies and scope of practice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need help getting ready for survey? Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/consulting.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/consulting.html\">registered dietitian consultants<\/a> can help!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Be prepared to show your team\u2019s credentials (RD, CDM, CFPP) 2. Address infection control 3. Gather survey materials for Food and Nutrition Services department (i.e. emergency water and food checklist, current menu, meal time schedules, resident list with diet order) 4. Have written staff competencies and skills checklists 5. Implement mock surveys 6. Ensure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consulting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":526,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions\/526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningrd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}