Olive Branch Health And Rehabilitation Center
OLIVE BRANCH HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER in PENSACOLA, FL — inspection on February 24, 2026.
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
Based on observations, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure medications were
2/23/2026 at approximately 10:00 am, during a tour of the facility, medications were observed located on the bedside table in the rooms of Residents #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, and #11. No staff were present in the rooms at the times observed.On 2/23/2026 at approximately 10:00 am, upon entering the room of Resident #8, the resident was observed seated in the room. A medication cup containing oral medication was noted on the bedside table.
During the observation, Resident #7 picked up the medication cup and began taking the medications independently. No licensed nurse or staff member was present in the room at this time.
Record review revealed no physician order authorizing self-administration of medication and no documented assessment of the resident's ability to safely self-administer medications for Resident #7.On 2/24/2026 at approximately 7:30 am, during a tour of the facility, medications were observed on the bedside table in the rooms of Resident #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #9. #10, and #11. No staff was present in the rooms at this time. On 2/24/2026 at approximately 1:00 pm, record reviews revealed no physician orders authorizing self administration of medication and no documented assessment of the resident's ability to safely self-administer medications for Residents #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, and #11.On 2/24/2026 at approximately 8:00 am, Staff G, Registered Nurse, was observed during medication administration.
The nurse followed standard medication administration practice.
During the interview, Staff G mentioned medications are not to be left at bedside and residents must be observed swallowing all medications given in the presence of the nurse.
She could not explain how the medications observed were left in the rooms 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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