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Walter B Crook Nursing: Assessment Failures - MS
The facility reported correcting the issue by **December 5, 2025**....
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The facility reported correcting the issue by **December 5, 2025**....
This distinction is significant....
Instead, staff worked for months without basic infection control measures designed to prevent the spread of drug-resistant organisms....
Security camera footage captured the resident leaving the facility at 3:32:05 PM and crossing to the hospital parking lot moments later....
The oversight involved Resident #99, whose dry, red, and swollen skin on hands and arms went unrecorded during the admission process on August 27....
Federal inspectors found widespread kitchen safety failures at Artesia Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center during a September 23 complaint investigation....
That designation means inspectors determined the facility's failures had already caused, or were likely to cause, serious injury or death....
When a facility fails to uphold these standards, the consequences extend beyond the specific incident documented by inspectors....
The system offers five children's sizes and nine additional sizes ranging from extra small to 5XL....
The nurse, identified as Staff C, never called the medical provider or the facility's on-call service to report the serious injury....
The facility has not submitted a plan of correction....
The facility's own administrator told inspectors the finding was substantiated....
The pattern started on the morning of August 6....
The facility failed to meet this requirement....
The deficiency was cited under **federal regulatory tag F0726**, which falls within the category of Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies....
This oversight occurred while the nursing home was already operating with just one functional shower after their Summit shower room broke down....
The resident scored a perfect 15 out of 15 on cognitive tests, indicating no memory problems....
The facility has since submitted a plan of correction....
While Level D represents the lower end of the federal severity scale, the underlying requirement it addresses is foundational to nursing home care delivery....
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