Northern Mahaska: Care Plan Deficiencies - IA
The deficiency was classified at **Scope/Severity Level D**, meaning the issue was isolated in nature and did not result in documented actual harm....
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The deficiency was classified at **Scope/Severity Level D**, meaning the issue was isolated in nature and did not result in documented actual harm....
The resident, identified in inspection records as Resident 16, was taking escitalopram and trazodone....
The regulation also mandates that facilities include a clear statement informing residents of their right to file complaints with the State Survey Agency....
The citation indicates the facility did not meet these standards at the time of the inspection....
Professional standards of quality in nursing homes encompass a broad range of clinical expectations....
Federal inspectors found two of the facility's treatment carts left unsecured during their October complaint investigation at Montereau nursing home....
Four of five certified nursing aides reviewed by inspectors lacked documentation for multiple mandatory training areas....
The deterioration wasn't sudden....
Immediate jeopardy is the most serious designation federal health inspectors can assign....
All 107 residents at the facility ate food prepared in the contaminated kitchen area....
"She would rush them and shovel the food too fast," a fellow nursing aide told state inspectors during interviews conducted October 22....
The November 7 incident at Cass County Senior Living & Rehabilitation involved a resident with left-side paralysis from a traumatic brain hemorrhage....
But when the resident refused the device, certified nursing assistants proceeded with transfers anyway without telling supervisors or writing anything down....
Because of the incorrect coding, she said the computer system never prompted her to document the resident's refusal....
Staff A then repositioned the resident and called for help from another worker to move the person to bed....
The right to self-administer medication is a federally protected provision under the Nursing Home Reform Act....
The resident depends on staff for all daily activities and uses a wheelchair....
Inspectors reviewing treatment administration records found blank after blank: day shifts, evening shifts, wounds that were supposed to be treated twice daily....
The resident was diagnosed with seizures and respiratory failure....
His cognitive abilities were moderately impaired, with a mental status score of 8 out of 15 points....