Waters Edge Health And Rehabilitation Center
Waters Edge Health and Rehabilitation Center in KENOSHA, WI — inspection on August 20, 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
Review of the Primary Nurse Job Description (undated), provided by the facility revealed the primary nurse was to Provide quality nursing care to the residents. and coordinate all aspects of a resident's care with other disciplines in the center.
Review of the Facility Assessment with a review dated 08/06/24 and provided by the facility revealed the facility will have nurses' complete competency check-offs upon hire, annually, and as needed (PRN).
Review of the facility's policy titled, Nursing Services and Sufficient Staff revised 02/25/25, revealed, Guideline: It is the guideline of this facility to provide sufficient staff with appropriate competencies and skill sets to assure resident safety and attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident, as determined by resident assessments and individual plans of care.
Also indicated under section, Explanation and Compliance Guideless: 4.
The facility must ensure that licensed nurses have the specific competencies and skill sets necessary to care for resident's needs as identified through resident assessments and described in the plan of care.
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STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Waters Edge Health and Rehabilitation Center
3415 N Sheridan Rd Kenosha, WI 53140
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
Review of R7's admission Minimum Data Set (MDS), with an Assessment Reference Date (ARD) date of 06/09/25 and located under the MDS tab of the EMR revealed the facility assessed the resident to have a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of zero out of 15, which indicated the resident was severely cognitively impaired.Review of R7's physician's Orders dated 07/23/25 located in the EMR under the Resident tab revealed orders for: 1.
Insulin Glargine Subcutaneous Solution 100 UNIT/ML (Insulin Glargine) Inject 15 unit subcutaneously at bedtime for diabetes.2.
Insulin Lispro Injection Solution 100 UNIT/ML (Insulin Lispro) Inject as per sliding scale subcutaneously before meals and at bedtime for diabetes if:131 - 150 = 2 units;151 - 200 = 4 units;201 - 250 = 6 units;251 - 300 = 8 units;301 - 350 = 10 units;351 - 400 = 12 units;401 - 450 = 14 units;451 - 500 = 16 units Notify the MD if >451,
Review of the facility's Incident Report dated 07/26/25 and provided by the facility revealed that R7 was inadvertently given 15 units of lispro, instead of four units as prescribed.
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)1 took R7's blood sugar at 9:35 PM.
Her blood sugar was 185.
Lantus was held.
Responsible party and medical provider were contacted because of the significant medication error.
Monitoring orders were given. R7 did not display any adverse effects or negative outcomes related to the medication error during the monitoring period.
During an interview on 08/20/25 at 10:26 AM, the Medical Director revealed, (R7) blood sugars trended on the higher side.
Since the error was made with a short-acting insulin and it peaked within 30 minutes, there really wasn't any real concern.
The facility acted appropriately and we were notified immediately.
During an interview on 08/20/25 at 12:07 PM, LPN1 revealed, I should have noticed that I gave the wrong amount of insulin. As soon as I went back to my cart, I knew immediately what I had done. I told LPN2 right away and we told the night supervisor.
She made the calls to the family, physician, Director of Nursing (DON), and Administrator.
Then we monitored R7 for adverse effects for the next 48 hours.During an interview on 08/20/25 at 1:20 PM, the Administrator revealed he was notified immediately when the insulin error occurred. We kept the provider updated throughout the monitoring period. R7 did not have any adverse effects, and the blood sugar never went below the 185 reading and even went as high as the low 300's.
Review of the facility Medication Error Counseling document provided by the facility completed by LPN1 and the DON revealed, Action Items: 1.
Ensure Risk Management Report completed in its entirety. 2.
Provide education based on investigation and root cause analysis (RCA) results (attach evidence of education). 3.
Complete Medication Pass Competency prior to next scheduled shift (if pertinent). 4.
Schedule subsequent Medication Pass Audits (determine through QA frequency and duration) 5.
Complete Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Program (QAPI) Documentation of Plan and hold Ad Hoc QAPI (when high-risk medication involved and / or negative or potential negative outcome occurs) to be completed with LPN1 and the facility.
Documentation of education and medication pass competencies completed by all nurses was reviewed.
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