Princeton Health: Improper Restraint Use Found - NM
The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident 10, was described as fairly new to the facility and, in the words of the unit manager, someone who simply did not want to be there. He had moments of being quiet and content. He also had moments of grabbing a chemical spray bottle from a housekeeper's cart and trying to spray another resident with it, throwing food and drink at nursing assistants, and making statements about killing everyone.
Staff gave him 5 mg Haldol injections on August 20, August 24, and September 9, 2025.
The unit manager told inspectors she expected staff to try other interventions before reaching for the medication. If those didn't work, she said, staff should leave him alone for five minutes and try again. "The medication should not be the first choice," she said.
The physician assistant who ordered the Haldol said he prescribed it for severe agitation. He acknowledged the resident's threats were not something he took literally. "He was not concerned R #10 would kill anyone, because the resident did not have any means to hurt someone," the inspection report states. The PA added that suicidal threats alone would not justify giving Haldol, but that staff could interpret extreme agitation as they saw fit.
The social services assistant offered her own read of the situation. She thought the resident's threats about killing everyone were really just his way of saying he wanted out. "She did not think the resident was suicidal," the report notes.
What the records show is a man who went looking for his dog one evening, spent a day in his room, grabbed a spray bottle on another morning, and received an antipsychotic injection each time things escalated, while the manager responsible for his floor said she expected something different to happen first.
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Princeton Health & Rehabilitation in Albuquerque, NM was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 17, 2025.
He had moments of being quiet and content.
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