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The investigation revealed a critical gap between the nursing home's monitoring procedures and actual care delivery.

The nurse subsequently admitted to borrowing the Lasix from another nurse - medication that belonged to a different resident entirely.

The facility had no RN staffing on December 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23-25, and 29-31, 2023.

The facility's medical provider ordered a venous doppler study, a diagnostic ultrasound procedure used to detect blood clots in veins.

Similar patterns emerged on Hall B, where staff touched privacy curtains, delivered food trays, and moved between resident rooms without hand hygiene.

Medical records serve as the primary communication tool among healthcare team members and provide the legal documentation of care delivered.

Elevated BNP levels indicate the heart is struggling to pump blood effectively, a critical finding in patients with known heart failure.

The resident had been at the facility since late November 2024, with a brief hospital stay in January.

During a medication pass beginning at 8:47 a.m.

## Overnight Staffing Raises Concerns The facility's nighttime staffing configuration emerged as a primary issue during an April 2025 inspection.

Federal regulations define manual restraint as holding or limiting a resident's voluntary movement through body contact.

This newly created assessment identified that staff education and competencies were necessary to support resident care needs, including various certifications.