(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 for 13 of the 21 days reviewed, one NA per 11 residents during the evening shift for six of 21 days reviewed, and failed to ensure a minimum of one nurse aide per 15 residents during the overnight shift for 21 of the 21 days reviewed.
Findings include:
A review of nursing care hours provided by the facility from October 11 to 17, 2025, November 7 to 14, 2025, and November 14 to 20, 2025, revealed the following:
Day shift (requires one NA per 10 residents):
October 11, 2024, census of 118 with 11.69 NAs, required 11.80
October 12, 2025, census of 120 with 10.50 NAs, required 12.00
October 13, 2025, census of 121 with 10.00 NAs required 12.10
October 14, 2025, census of 120 with 9.90 NAs, required 12.00
October 15, 2025, census of 119 with 11.87 NAs, required 11.90
November 8, 2025, census of 115 with 9.00 NAs, required 11.50
November 9, 2025, census of 116 with 10.81 NAs, required 11.60
November 10, 2025, census of 116 with 9.75 NAs, required 11.60
November 11, 2025, census of 115 with 10.74 NAs, required 11.50
November 13, 2025, census of 117 with 10.87 NAs, required 11.70
November 14, 2025, census of 117 with 10.84 NAs, required 11.70
November 16, 2025, census of 117 with 10.21 NAs, required 11.70
November 19, 2025, census of 114 with 11.00 NAs, required 11.40
Evening shift (requires one NA per 11 residents):
October 13, 2025, census of 120 with 10.70 NAs, required 10.91
October 14, 2025, census of 120 with 9.50 NAs, required 10.91
October 16, 2025, census of 118 with 10.31 NAs, required 10.73
October 17, 2025, census of 118 with 10.59 NAs, required 10.73
November 7, 2025, census of 115 with 10.31 NAs, required 10.45
November 20, 2025, census of 114 with 9.50 NAs, required 10.36
Night shift (requires one NA per 15 residents):
October 11, 2025, census of 118 with 7.06 NAs, required 7.87
October 12, 2025, census of 120 with 6.63 NAs, required 8.00
October 13, 2025, census of 120 with 5.37 NAs, required 8.00
October 14, 2025, census of 120 with 6.87 NAs, required 8.00
October 15, 2025, census of 118 with 7.25 NAs, required 7.87
October 16, 2025, census of 119 with 5.47 NAs, required 7.93
October 17, 2025, census of 118 with 5.87 NAs, required 7.97
November 7, 2025, census of 115 with 5.00 NAs required 7.67
November 8, 2025, census of 116 with 6.00 NAs, required 7.73
November 9, 2025, census of 116 with 5.74 NAs, required 7.73
November 10, 2025, census of 116 with 5.37 NAs, required 7.73
November 11, 2025, census of 116 with 5.87 NAs, required 7.73
November 12, 2025, census of 116 with 5.99 NAs, required 7.73
November 13, 2025, census of 117 with 5.62 NAs, required 7.80
November 14, 2025, census of 116 with 6.25 NAs required 7.73
November 15, 2025, census of 115 with 6.55 NAs, required 7.67
November 16, 2025, census of 117 with 6.37 NAs, required 780
November 17, 2025, census of 114 with 6.12 NAs, required 7.60
November 18, 2025, census of 115 with 6.33 NAs, required 7.67
November 19, 2025, census of 114 with 6.00 NAs, required 7.60
November 20, 2025, census of 114 with 6.00 NAs, required 7.60
Interview with the Nursing Home Administrator and Director of Nursing on November 20, 2025, at 3:10 PM confirmed that the facility did not meet regulatory NA-to-resident ratios as evidenced above.
| | Plan of Correction - To be completed: 01/15/2026
1. Findings of nurse aide nursing staff care ratios cannot be retroactively corrected. 2. Facility will provide a minimum of one nurse aide per 10 residents during day shift and one nurse aide per 11 residents on evening shift and one nurse aide per 15 residents on overnight shift. Staffing team will meet daily Monday-Friday to review staffing needs and create plans to ensure nurse aide coverage. In order to recruit and retain staff, facility has an active nurse aide training course that runs continuously to hire and train new CNAs. Facility also has active job ads and recruiters who work around the clock to interview and hire new staff. Facility continuously hosts staff morale events, staff spotlights, and monthly caught caring awards to retain current staff. Facility offers bonuses to current staff in attempt to schedule more staff per shift. 3. Scheduling manager will be educated on the requirements there must be a minimum of one nurse aide per 10 residents during day shift and a minimum of one nurse aide per 11 residents on evening shift and one nurse aide per 15 residents on overnight shift. 4. Director of Nursing or Designee will conduct random audits to verify that nurse aide day shift, evening shift ratios and overnight shift meet the requirements weekly for 4 weeks and then monthly for 2 months thereafter. Audit results will be presented at the QAPI meeting for review and recommendations.
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