Saint Anthony Rehab And Nursing Center

During an observation, on 1/28/26 at 3:33 p.m., the Administrator showed a video on his computer of LPN 7 removing narcotics from the narcotic drawer of the medication cart. LPN 7 then removed the narcotic count sheet and placed them both between two other pieces of paper.

She then went down the hallway to the employee exit and to her car.

She exited the facility with the papers and medication then entered her car and returned to the facility with only 2 papers and no medications. LPN 7 was notified by the DON she was suspended due to the suspicious video of her at the medication cart. LPN 7 denied any wrongdoing and was informed the facility would be notifying the authorities.A facility documented telephone interview, on 10/1/25 at 2:23 p.m., indicated LPN 7 was notified and explained the reason for the phone call.

She was asked to make a statement on the phone or to come to the facility for an interview. LPN 7 indicated she would come to facility to discuss the incident. LPN 7 did not come to the facility. A facility document indicated LPN 7 was terminated, on 10/2/25, and her license and the incident were reported to the state board of licensing.

During an interview, on 1/29/26 at 11:59 a.m., LPN 6 indicated she had remembered Resident F had 3 narcotic medication cards and count sheets when she had left work on 9/26/25.

She returned to work, on 9/29/25, and discovered one narcotic medication card and record was missing. LPN 6 reported the missing medication to her supervisor.

Her supervisor reported the missing medication to the Director of Nursing.

The DON called the pharmacy and confirmed Resident F had a medication card missing. A current facility policy, titled Abuse and Unusual Occurrence, dated 9/6/24 and provided by the DON on 1/29/26 at 4:00 p.m., indicated .Misappropriation of resident property-Deliberate misplacement, exploitation, or wrongful, temporary, or permanent use of a resident's belongings or money without the resident's consent The deficient practice was corrected by 10/7/25, after the facility audited all the narcotic sheets, interviewed residents, LPN 7 was terminated, all nurses were re-educated on a new narcotic count system, and the pharmacy completed a house wide audit of narcotic medications.This citation relates to Intake 2634382.3.1-28(a) 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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