The incident occurred August 25 at Ryze on the Avenue when Licensed Practice Nurse V22 was supposed to check the resident's blood sugar before breakfast but instead performed the test after the meal was nearly finished.
At 8:57 that morning, V22 opened the resident's electronic health record showing the 7:30 am glucose check was highlighted in red, indicating it was overdue. The facility serves breakfast between 8:00 and 8:30 am on the first floor.
Two minutes later, a nursing assistant was helping the resident finish eating. The food tray was almost empty except for a cookie. "She still wants her cookie," the assistant told inspectors.
At 9:00 am, V22 finally performed the blood glucose test. The glucometer announced the result as 309.
"He was supposed to take her blood sugar before breakfast," V22 admitted to inspectors the next day.
Despite the actual reading of 309, V22 documented 144 in the resident's medication administration record for the 7:30 am time slot. The nurse signed the falsified entry.
The resident has Type 2 diabetes and requires blood glucose monitoring before meals and at bedtime per physician's orders dated July 30. The facility's own policy states breakfast is served at 7:15 am on the first floor.
Director of Nursing V2 told inspectors the expectation is clear: "Get the blood sugar between 7:00 am and 7:15 am to prevent from getting a false reading."
She continued: "I also expected the nurse to document the accurate result, if it is 200 then document 200. Documenting the correct result will determine the resident's endocrine system is working or an adjustment to her diabetes medications need to be done."
The nursing assistant who witnessed the test confirmed the falsification. She told the director of nursing that V22 took the resident's blood sugar around 9 am on August 25 "and the result was at 300 or something."
A nurse practitioner at the facility explained the medical significance to inspectors: "Blood glucose monitoring is usually ordered to make sure the resident's diabetes is well controlled. The staff are expected to document the correct result so when the physician reviews the results, the physician will be able to determine whether the medication is working appropriately or needs to be adjusted."
The falsified documentation could have prevented the resident's doctor from recognizing that diabetes medications needed adjustment. A blood glucose reading of 309 is considered dangerously high and typically requires immediate medical intervention.
The timing violation compounded the documentation fraud. Testing blood sugar after a meal rather than before provides an artificially elevated reading that doesn't reflect the resident's baseline glucose levels needed for proper medication management.
Federal inspectors found the facility failed to meet professional standards of care by not monitoring the resident's blood glucose per physician's order and failing to document the actual test result.
The resident also suffers from hypertension and chronic pain in addition to diabetes, according to medical records. The physician's orders specifically require blood glucose checks before meals and at bedtime to monitor the diabetes condition.
V22's medication administration record for August 25 shows two entries: the falsified 7:30 am reading of 144 and an 11:00 am reading of 131. Both entries bear the licensed nurse's signature.
The facility's blood glucose monitoring policy states it will "perform blood glucose monitoring per physician's orders" and requires staff to "document the procedure." The policy provides no exception for recording inaccurate results.
The violation affected one resident in the facility's total population of 66. Inspectors classified the harm level as minimal, though the falsified documentation could have led to serious medical consequences if the resident's physician had relied on the fraudulent reading to make treatment decisions.
The inspection was conducted in response to a complaint filed against the facility. Federal regulators have not disclosed the nature of the original complaint that triggered the August 27 investigation.
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