Colonial Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
Colonial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bowling Green, KY — inspection on April 24, 2026.
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
Federal health inspectors cited Colonial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bowling Green, KY for a deficiency under regulatory tag F-F0689 during a standard health inspection conducted on 2026-04-24.
Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
The facility was found deficient in the following area: Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Scope/Severity Level D: isolated, no actual harm with potential for more than minimal harm.
While no actual harm was documented, there was potential for more than minimal harm to residents.
This was one of 2 deficiencies cited during this inspection of Colonial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Correction Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction.
The facility reported correction as of 2026-05-15.
During an observation of medication administration on 04/22/2026 at 10:28 AM, LPN1
insulin needle, and alcohol pads and entered Resident #50's room. LPN1 applied the needle to the tip
needle prior to dialing the dose selector to 10 units. LPN1 performed hand hygiene, donned clean gloves, and administered the insulin to R50. LPN1 removed her gloves, performed hand hygiene, and exited the resident's room.
During an interview on 04/22/2026 at 10:31 AM, LPN1 stated that she was not aware that the insulin needle on a pen injector needed to be primed prior to administering insulin to a resident.
She stated that she had competency training related to insulin administration, but she was not sure if she had education related to the use of insulin pen injectors.
During an interview on 04/22/2026 at 11:53 AM, the DON stated that during medication administration competency training, they reviewed insulin administration via an insulin syringe, but they did not conduct training on the use of insulin pen injectors.
During an interview on 04/22/2026 at 4:03 PM, the Administrator stated that she expected nursing staff to follow best practices and manufacturer guidelines on the use of insulin pen injectors.
She also stated that the facility had not provided competency training related to insulin pens.
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Source: This inspection report was downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases nursing home inspection reports in bulk. The findings reflect what state surveyors documented in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies on the date of the inspection.
Plan of correction not included: The CMS report we receive does not include the facility's plan of correction. Facilities submit plans of correction separately to their state survey agency and those responses may not appear in CMS public data at the time of release. The absence of a plan of correction in this report does not mean one was not filed. Readers who want information about corrective steps taken by the facility are encouraged to contact the facility or their state survey agency directly.
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