PADUCAH NURSING CENTER - PADUCAH, TX

Complaint Deficiency

• Make sure each resident has the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules and health care according to his or her interests, assessment, and plan of care
  • Harm: Actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Give or get quality lab services/tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents
  • 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: Many
• Proper backup exit lighting
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• An approved back-up procedure for a faulty fire alarm system
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• 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: Some
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Keep all essential equipment working safely
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • Scope: Few
• Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Properly protected cooking facilities
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• 1) Review the work of each nurse aide every year; and 2) give regular in-service training based upon these reviews
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Train all employees on what to do in an emergency, and carry out announced staff drills
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
  • Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
  • 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: Many
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Keep all essential equipment working safely
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Make sure that nurse aides show they have the skills and techniques to be able to care for residents' needs
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Train all employees on what to do in an emergency, and carry out announced staff drills
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Posted No-smoking signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or did not provide ashtrays where smoking was allowed
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• An externally vented heating system
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• Give each resident a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. Tell each resident who can get Medicaid benefits about 1) which items and services Medicaid covers and which the resident must pay for
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Allow residents to easily view the results of the nursing home's most recent survey
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Some
• Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• 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: Some
• Maintain 15 months of resident assessments in the resident's active clinical record
  • Harm: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• 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: Some
• Use a registered nurse at least 8 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature
  • 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: Some
• Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Have enough backup water supply for essential areas of the nursing home
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Have a detailed, written plan for disasters and emergencies, such as fire, severe weather, and missing residents
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Exits that are accessible at all times
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• Emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few
• Properly maintained smoke detectors
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Many
• An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Some
• Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
  • 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: Potential for minimal harm
  • Scope: Many
• An externally vented heating system
  • Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
  • Scope: Few

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