cms_NE: 6171
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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| 6171 |
NORTHFIELD RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES CARE CENTER |
285271 |
2100 CIRCLE DRIVE |
SCOTTSBLUFF |
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69361 |
2016-06-06 |
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VYV311 |
> Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12-006.07C Based on record reviews and interview, the facility failed to ensure that the QA&A (Quality Assessment and Assurance) Committee 1) developed and implemented an action plan to reduce the risk for medication errors which were identified at the annual survey and 2) identified that medication administration competencies were not completed for seven medication aides to ensure safe medication administration. The facility census was 47. Findings are: A. Review of the survey findings from the annual survey, dated 2/4/16, revealed a deficiency cited for medication errors. The medication rate was eight percent. Review of the findings for the current survey revealed that a medication error occurred during the medication pass observations and a significant medication error resulting in resident death was cited. B. Review of the findings for the current survey revealed that medication administration competencies were not completed for medication aides currently administering medications for the residents. A deficiency was cited at F 499. Review of the facility Quality Assurance Policy, dated 8/30/05, revealed that the following: Policy: The Quality Assessment/Assurance Committee shall determine opportunities for improvement, develop mechanisms that scrutinize appropriateness, effectiveness, efficiency and safety of the service rendered. Interview with the Administrator on 6/6/16 at 2:00 PM confirmed that the QA&A Committee was responsible to ensure that identified deficiencies were corrected and that staff were competent to perform their jobs. |
2019-06-01 |