ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER
Inspection History Overview
Health Violations by Year
2023 5 violations
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
2022 3 violations
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
2021 8 violations
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
2020 6 violations
The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
2019 3 violations
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
2017 10 violations
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Detailed Inspection Reports
No detailed inspection reports available yet. Check back soon as we're processing new reports daily.
Fines and Penalties by Year
2022 1 penalties totaling $1,638
2021 4 penalties totaling $6,193
Fire Safety Deficiencies
No description available