Jesse Helms Nursing Center
Jesse Helms Nursing Center in Monroe, NC — inspection on August 14, 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
Federal health inspectors cited Jesse Helms Nursing Center in Monroe, NC for a deficiency under regulatory tag F-F0580 during a standard health inspection conducted on 2025-08-14.
Category: Resident Rights Deficiencies
The facility was found deficient in the following area: Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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 Jesse Helms Nursing Center.
Correction Status: Deficient, Provider has date of correction.
The facility reported correction as of 2025-09-11.
Review of the hospital records for Resident #67 revealed she was admitted with a urinary tract infection and sepsis on 6/22/25.
Lab work for Resident #67 included a complete blood count, with white blood cells of 32.24 (normal 3.6-11.7), red blood cells 2.87 (normal 3.72-5.24), and a blood culture result positive for pseudomonas aeruginosa (a bacteria that causes infection). A urinalysis collected on 6/23/25 resulted that Resident #67 had 100 proteins in her urine (normal is none), 0.5 blood in her urine (normal is none), and many white blood cell clumps, as well as bacteria.
The hospital note documented that the source of infection was Resident #67's urine.
Two different antibiotics were started, as well as intravenous fluids. Resident #67 was admitted to the hospital 6/22/25 and discharged on 7/1/25 to another facility.
During an interview with the Director of Nursing (DON) on 8/13/25 at 4:35 PM, she reported she was notified on 6/23/25 the oncoming night shift had not received a report of the change in condition on Resident #67 from the off-going shift.
The DON reported she provided education to the nursing staff about reporting resident changes in condition but had not implemented a corrective action plan.
The Administrator was interviewed on 8/14/25 at 11:22 AM and he reported that he expected any change in condition to be communicated between the nursing shifts.
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