Greensboro Nursing Home
Greensboro Nursing Home in Greensboro, VT — inspection on March 30, 2026.
Found 1 citation. 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
During their investigation, the facility determined that the resident's fall was unwitnessed and the resident's representative was not notified of the fall.
During interviews with LNA #1 (Licensed Nursing Assistant) and LNA #2 it was discovered that Nurse #1 had asked the LNAs to change their witness statements about the resident's fall.
Based on the staff interviews and chart reviews, the facility concluded that the information in the medical record was falsified. An interview was conducted with the DON [Director of Nursing] on 3/30/26 at 10:45 AM.
The DON stated Nurse #1 was put on unpaid leave and then resigned from the position following this investigation.
The DON confirmed that through the facility's internal investigation they found that the documentation of the fall had been falsified. At 11:49 AM, she further confirmed the nurse did not implement fall protocols and assess the resident's vital signs or do neurological checks when the resident fell stating, It would have been in [Resident #1]'s progress notes.Per review of the facility's Charting and Documentation policy [revised July 2017] it states, 3.
Documentation in the medical record will be objective (not opinionated or speculative), complete, and accurate.Per review of the facility's Falls-Clinical Protocol policy [last revised March 2018) it states, 2. In addition, the nurse shall assess and document/report the following: a. vital signs b. recent injury, especially fracture or head injury; c.
Musculoskeletal function, observing for change in normal range of motion, weight bearing, etc.; D. change in cognition of level of consciousness; E.
Neurological status; F.
Pain; G.
Frequency and number of falls since last physician visit; H.
Precipitating factors, details on how fall occurred; I.
All current medications, especially those associated with dizziness or lethargy; and J.
All active diagnoses.
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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