Ignite Medical Resort: Dangerous Blood Sugar Ignored - IN
The resident, identified as Resident B, was supposed to receive physician notification whenever blood glucose levels reached 351 or higher....
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The resident, identified as Resident B, was supposed to receive physician notification whenever blood glucose levels reached 351 or higher....
The facility's nursing home administrator went on administrative leave January 31 and still hadn't returned when state inspectors arrived March 20....
The incident occurred on February 3rd at 10:35 a.m....
The violations spanned three separate time periods....
Licensed Practical Nurse #1 mixed potassium chloride liquid into thickened water and brought it to the resident's room with other medications....
An hour later, a wound nurse entered to perform treatment while gnats continued flying in the air and landing on the patient's gown and bandages....
The same week, nurses were pumping oxygen into Resident 61's lungs at more than double the prescribed rate....
R104 arrived at the facility on June 29, 2024, with a traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage....
The most egregious case involved a morbidly obese resident who was supposed to receive compression stockings twice daily to prevent dangerous blood clots....
The resident, identified as Resident 3 in federal inspection records, dropped from 219 pounds in September to 173 pounds by February, a 23.29% weight loss....
The complaint involved three residents who all requested that the same two certified nursing assistants be removed from their care assignments....
The dangerous temperatures at Weakley County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center put cognitively impaired residents at immediate risk of burns....
Resident 35 arrived at Shoreline Healthcare Center in March with a left hip fracture and small heel blisters....
Cook [NAME] pulled broccoli, carrots, zucchini and cauliflower from the failing freezer at Beachside Post Acute at 4:00 a.m....
The insulin was supposed to be given before meals....
On July 20, 2024, staff attempted to change the dressing around the catheter site....
The first resident, identified as R10, had been diagnosed with pneumonia and respiratory failure according to her December 2024 assessment....
The violation centered on the facility's systematic failure to verify and implement hospital discharge orders when residents returned from medical treatment....
The drug can destroy infection-fighting blood cells, making regular monitoring critical for patient safety....
The resident's care plan specifically required two staff members for all turning and repositioning in bed....