ETOWAH HEALTH CARE CENTER (ETOWAH, TN) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.350
State:	0.580

Number of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.790
Tennessee:	0.997

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	1.140
Tennessee:	1.565

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.010
Tennessee:	0.081

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.010
State:	0.085

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

This Nursing Home:	42.9%
State:	14.8%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	25.8%
Tennessee:	9.9%

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

This Nursing Home:	4.3%
State:	5.9%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

This Nursing Home:	1.1%
Tennessee:	8.2%

Percent of long-stay low-risk residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder

This Nursing Home:	37.5%
Tennessee:	41.7%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

This Nursing Home:	3.2%
State:	4.1%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

Here:	5.3%
State:	8.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained

Here:	11.6%
Tennessee:	4.1%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

Here:	1.1%
Tennessee:	3.5%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	97.8%
State:	95.8%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Nursing Home:	98.9%
State:	92.9%

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	14.3%
Tennessee:	21.3%

Percent of short-stay residents with Pressure ulcers that are new or worsened

This Nursing Home:	2.5%
State:	1.5%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	90.9%
Tennessee:	86.6%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Nursing Home:	90.9%
Tennessee:	83.0%

Percent of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	4.8%
Tennessee:	3.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	43.2%
Tennessee:	29.9%

Complaint Deficiency

A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly protected cooking facilities
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Restrictions on the use of portable space heaters
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly sized and located linen or trash receptacles
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Proper medical gas storage and administration areas
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
No-smoking signs where oxygen is used
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor and a family member of the resident of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Assist those residents who need total help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Give or get specialized rehabilitative services per the patient's assessment or plan of care
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Operate and provide services according to Federal, State, and local laws and professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor and a family member of the resident of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many

ETOWAH HEALTH CARE CENTER - ETOWAH, TN

Staff Information

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

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