Norwalk Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre, Llc
NORWALK SKILLED NURSING & WELLNESS CENTRE, LLC in NORWALK, CA — inspection on December 23, 2025.
Found 1 citation. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
During a review of Resident 1's Minimum Data Set (MDS - a resident assessment tool), dated 11/26/2025, the MDS indicated Resident 1 had severe cognitive (ability to learn, reason, remember, understand, and make decisions) impairment, required setup assistance when eating, and was dependent for oral hygiene, toileting hygiene, bathing, and upper and lower body dressing.
During an observation on 12/23/2025 at 12:24 p.m., Resident 1 was observed receiving IVF 0.45% Sodium Chloride (fluid administered for hydration) at a rate of 50 milliliters (mL - a unit of measurement)/hour.
During a concurrent observation and interview on 12/23/2025 at 12:38 p.m., the Director of Nursing (DON) was observed changing the IVF rate from 50 mL/hour to 100 mL/hour.
During a concurrent interview and record review on 12/23/2025 at 2:36 p.m., with Registered Nurse (RN) 1, Resident 1's physician's orders were reviewed. Resident 1's orders indicated to start Resident 1 on Intravenous Fluid (IVF) 0.45% Normal Saline at 100 mL/ hour for 24 hours for hydration to start on 12/23/2025. RN 1 stated the IVF were initially administered at a rate of 50 mL/hour, but the order stated to administer the IVF at 100mL/hour.
During an interview on 12/23/2025 at 3:30 p.m., with the DON, the DON stated it was important that facility staff administered medications according to the physician's order or it could negatively affect Resident 1.
The DON stated the IVF for Resident 1 was incorrectly running at a rate of 50 mL/hour.
The DON stated she corrected the IVF rate to 100ml/hour.
During a review of the facility's policy and procedure (P&P), titled Medication Administration, dated January 2012, the P&P indicated to ensure the accurate administration of medications for residents in the facility, medications and treatments will be administered as prescribed to ensure compliance with dose guidelines.
Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided.
For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
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