(3) Effective July 1, 2024, a minimum of 1 nurse aide per 10 residents during the day, 1 nurse aide per 11 residents during the evening, and 1 nurse aide per 15 residents overnight.
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Observations:
Based on a review of nursing staffing hours and staff interview, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure a minimum of one nurse aide (NA) per 10 residents during the day shift 13 of the 21 days reviewed, failed to ensure a minimum of one NA per 11 residents during the evening shift 13 of the 21 days reviewed, and failed to ensure a minimum of one NA per 15 residents during the night shift for 1 of the 21 days reviewed.
Findings include:
Review of nursing staff care hours provided by the facility for May 25 to 31, 2025, and June 4 to 17, 2025, revealed the following NAs scheduled for the resident census:
Day shift (requires one NA per 10 residents):
May 25, 2025, 6 NAs for a census of 68, requires 6.8 NAs May 26, 2025, 5.88 NAs for a census of 67 requires 6.7 NAs May 27, 2025, 6 NAs for a census of 67 requires 6.7 NAs May 29, 2025, 6.56 NAs for a census of 67, requires 6.7 NAs May 31, 2025, 6 NAs for a census of 67, requires 6.7 NAs
June 7, 2025, 4 NAs for a census of 71 requires 7.1 NAs June 8, 2025, 4 NAs for a census of 71, requires 7.1 NAs June 10, 2025, 7.0 NAs for a census of 71, requires 7.1 NAs June 11, 2025, 7 NAs for a census of 71, requires 7.1 NAs June 12, 2025, 7 NAs for a census of 71, requires 7.1 NAs June 14, 2025, 6.19 NAs for a census of 72, requires 7.2 NAs June 15, 2025, 6.22 NAs for a census of 72, requires 7.2 NAs June 16, 2025, 7 NAs for a census of 72, requires 7.2 NAs
Evening Shift (requires one NA per 11 residents):
May 26, 2025, 6 NAs for a census of 67, requires 6.09 NAs May 27, 2025, 6 NAs for a census of 67, requires 6.09 NAs May 28, 2025, 6 NAs for a census of 67, requires 6.09 NAs
June 4, 2025, 4 NAs for a census of 69, requires 6.27 NAs June 5, 2025, 5.38 NAs for a census of 69, requires 6.27 NAs June 6, 2025, 6 NAs for a census of 71, requires 6.45 NAs June 7, 2025, 5 NAs for a census of 71, requires 6.45 NAs June 9, 2025, 6 NAs for a census of 70, requires 6.36 NAs June 13, 2025, 5 NAs for a census of 72, requires 6.55 NAs June 14, 2025, 3.75 NAs for a census of 72, requires 6.55 NAs June 15, 2025, 5.13 NAs for a census of 72, requires 6.55 NAs June 16, 2025, 6 NAs for a census of 72, requires 6.55 NAs June 17, 2025, 4.5 NAs for a census of 72, requires 6.55 NAs
Night shift (requires one NA per 15 residents):
May 25, 2025, 3 NAs for a census of 68, requires 4.53 NAs
Interview with the Nursing Home Administrator on June 18, 2025, at 1:00 PM confirmed that the facility did not meet regulatory NA-to-resident ratios as evidenced above.
| | Plan of Correction - To be completed: 07/31/2025
1. The facility cannot retroactively correct the NA ratio; since the staffing citation 2. Facility will conduct an audit consisting of the last two-week period to be sure the facility is in compliance with the nurse aide to resident ratios. 3. Facility will make reasonable attempts to acquire new staff including job fairs, reviewing employee benefits, having assistance from regional recruiter, and looking at employee retention. 4.The NHA/Designee will educate the scheduler/designee on the requirements of meeting the nurse aide to resident ratios. 5. The NHA/Designee will randomly audit the nurse aide to resident ratios weekly x's 6 weeks to ensure regulatory compliance. Any concerns/issues will be reviewed monthly to the facility's QAPI Committee
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