NEW MEXICO STATE VETERANS HOME (TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, NM) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.890
State:	0.722

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

This Nursing Home:	0.350
New Mexico:	0.509

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	1.250
New Mexico:	1.227

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.040
State:	0.109

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.040
New Mexico:	0.113

Quality Measures

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

Here:	20.0%
New Mexico:	18.0%

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

This Nursing Home:	31.1%
State:	12.4%

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

Here:	1.4%
New Mexico:	7.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

This Nursing Home:	4.1%
State:	9.1%

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

Here:	37.0%
State:	42.9%

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

Here:	2.0%
State:	3.6%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

This Nursing Home:	2.4%
State:	6.9%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

Here:	12.7%
New Mexico:	6.2%

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained

Here:	1.6%
State:	1.7%

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

Here:	1.6%
New Mexico:	4.1%

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

This Nursing Home:	99.2%
State:	87.6%

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

This Nursing Home:	94.3%
State:	81.5%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	27.5%
State:	21.5%

Complaint Deficiency

Properly maintained smoke detectors
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Properly protected cooking facilities
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible
- 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: Few
Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Many
An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
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
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Portable fire extinguishers
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Posted No-smoking signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or did not provide ashtrays where smoking was allowed
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Properly protected cooking facilities
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Proper fire barriers, ventilation and signs for the transport of oxygen
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan
- Harm: 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: Actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few

NEW MEXICO STATE VETERANS HOME - TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, NM

Staff Information

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

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