cms_GA: 8598

In collaboration with The Seattle Times, Big Local News is providing full-text nursing home deficiencies from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These files contain the full narrative details of each nursing home deficiency cited regulators. The files include deficiencies from Standard Surveys (routine inspections) and from Complaint Surveys. Complete data begins January 2011 (although some earlier inspections do show up). Individual states are provides as CSV files. A very large (4.5GB) national file is also provided as a zipped archive. New data will be updated on a monthly basis. For additional documentation, please see the README.

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rowid	facility_name	facility_id	address	city	state	zip	inspection_date	deficiency_tag	scope_severity	complaint	standard	eventid	inspection_text	filedate
8598	MAGNOLIA MANOR METHODIST NSG C	115004	2001 SOUTH LEE STREET	AMERICUS	GA	31709	2012-12-27	309	D	1	0	UDR711	NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on record review, staff interview, and observation, the facility failed to ensure that an order was obtained for the treatment of [REDACTED].#3) from a survey sample of eight (8) residents. Findings include: Record review for Resident #3 revealed the December 2012 physician's orders [REDACTED]. A Wound Evaluation Request sheet of 12/10/2012 documented a large, open area on the resident's right lower leg, above the ankle. A notation on this sheet indicated that the treatment nurse (Nurse AA) was notified of this open area on the right lower leg, and that this nurse stated to cover the area with a dry dressing until she could see it. This sheet documented that the physician was notified. A Nurse's Notes entry of 12/10/2012 at 9:00 a.m. documented the discovery of this open area to Resident #3's right lower leg, and noted that a telephone call had been made to the nurse practitioner, with a message left. However, further record review revealed no evidence to indicate that the nurse practitioner/physician returned the telephone call or that a physician's orders [REDACTED]. A Nurse's Notes entry of 12/17/2012 documented that the nurse practitioner had visited, but specifically documented that no new orders were obtained. During an observation of Resident #3 conducted on 12/27/2012 at 4:10 p.m., the resident was noted to have lymph [MEDICAL CONDITION] of both legs, and to have a dressing dated 12/27/2012 on the right lower leg, even though there was no evidence of a physician's orders [REDACTED]. During an interview with Nurse AA conducted on 12/27/2012 at 4:00 p.m., she acknowledged the above. During an interview with the Assistant Director of Nursing conducted on 12/27/2012 at 4:20 p.m., this nurse stated that an order should have been obtained and written for the dressing on the open area on Resident #3's right lower leg. She acknowledged that for any dressing to any open area for any resident, an order should be obtained.	2015-12-01