DIVERSICARE OF LANETT

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Post nurse staffing information every day.

Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.

Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible.

Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis.

Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse.

Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.

1) Review the work of each nurse aide every year; and 2) give regular in-service training based upon these reviews.

Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.