Accura Healthcare Of Creston
Accura Healthcare of Creston in Creston, IA — inspection on October 30, 2025.
Found 2 citations. 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 clinical record review, resident and staff interviews, and policy review, the facility failed to follow the physician's orders for 1 of 3 residents (#1).
The facility reported a census of 21 residents.
Findings include:The Minimum Data Set (MDS) for Resident #1 dated 8/06/25 revealed a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of 11 out of 15 which indicated moderately impaired cognition. It included diagnoses of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), anxiety, depression, cerebrovascular accident (stroke) with right side hemiplegia (paralysis), aphasia (inability to speak), and dysphagia (difficulty swallowing). It indicated the resident required setup assistance with eating, moderate assistance with oral hygiene, maximal assistance with toileting hygiene, upper body dressing, and personal hygiene and all mobility, and was dependent with bathing, lower body dressing, and footwear. It also indicated the resident had a feeding tube and more than 50% of his total caloric intake was provided by tube feeding but the resident did not experience coughing or choking when swallowing medications.The Electronic Health Record (EHR) included a physician's order dated 5/13/25 which indicated staff may crush medications and slurry/cocktail meds if appropriate and administer every shift for medication administration.The Care Plan revised 11/26/24 directed staff to administer the resident's medications as ordered.The October Medication Administration Record (MAR) confirmed the resident did not receive his scheduled evening medications on 10/24/25 and directed the reader to see Progress Notes.The Progress Notes dated 10/24/25 indicated seven (7) of the resident's scheduled evening medications were not done because the nurse could not access the G-tube (PEG tube <Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy> - a feeding tube surgically inserted directly into the stomach).On 10/30/25 at 5:35 am, Staff A, Registered Nurse (RN) stated he could not give Resident #1 his medications because he could not access Resident's #1's G-tube. He also stated he charted against them because he did not feel Resident #1 would miss any nighttime medications that would be detrimental.On 10/30/25 at 9:00 am, Resident #1 indicated he didn't receive his nighttime medications on 10/24/25.On 10/30/25 at 11:18 am, the Director of Nursing (DON) stated staff should have contacted the on-call nurse and escalated the situation higher if needed.On 10/30/25 at 12:21 pm, the Administrator indicated the facility did not have a policy regarding following physician's orders.
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LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
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10/30/2025
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Accura Healthcare of Creston
1000 East Howard Creston, IA 50801
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
also confirmed he notified Staff B of his pain when she began feeding him through his tube on 10/25/25.On 10/30/25 at 9:37 am, Staff B stated she continued feeding the resident after his complaints of pain because she thought he had not eaten enough during previous shifts and his pain was potentially due to hunger.
She said she had no idea what his squirmy reaction was for but she knew patients were sometimes tender after surgeries.
She stated based on his reaction, she didn't know whether to stop or finish because she didn't know if it was pain or hunger.On 10/30/25 at 10:20 am, the DON stated the piston syringes would have fit the resident's feeding tube. An observation of the accessible piston syringes and the resident's feeding tube revealed the syringes would have functioned in administering the resident's medications.On 10/30/25 at 11:18 am, the DON stated Staff A should have called the on-call nurse regarding the inability to access the resident's feeding tube and escalated it as needed.
She also stated Staff B should have stopped the action and contacted the DON.An undated policy titled Care and Treatment of Feeding Tubes indicated the facility policy is to utilize feeding tubes in accordance with current clinical standards of practice, with interventions to prevent complications to the extent possible.
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