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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
46 ASBURY PLACE AT MARYVILLE 445017 2648 SEVIERVILLE RD MARYVILLE TN 37804 2018-08-20 947 K 0 1 Q9H011 Based on review of the facility's (YEAR) Assessment, review of the facility's computer based training documentation, and interview, the facility failed to implement a system to track nurse aide competency levels in order to ensure training was sufficient based on the resident population. The Administrator and the Director of Nursing (DON) were informed of the IJ in the conference room on 8/18/18 at 8:10 PM. The facility was cited Immediate Jeopardy at F657, F689, F725, F726, F841, F867 and F947. The facility was cited Substandard Quality of Care (SQC) at F-689 The IJ was effective 11/10/17 and is ongoing. The findings include: Review of the (YEAR) Facility Assessment revealed .Each job description identifies the required education .Additional competencies are determined according to the amount of resident interaction required by the job role, job specific knowledge, skills and abilities and those needed to care for the resident population. Certified nursing assistants may have additional required competencies .competencies are based on the care and services needed by the resident population .competencies are verified upon orientation, at least annually and as needed .The Staff Development Coordinator tracks and trends course completion history and performance trends, reporting those to the Administrator and Director of Nursing (DON) . Review of the facility's computer based training documentation revealed no tracking system in place to determine nurse aide competency after required annual training and in-service education, including understanding falls and skin checks. Interview with the Staff Development Coordinator on 8/18/18 at 4:30 PM, in the conference room, confirmed she was not involved in decision making of when nurse aides were competent and did not recall any specific training on falls other than the computer based Relias training assigned during orientation and annually. When asked if falls was covered in that training, the Staff Development Coordinator stated that she thought she remembered something on falls, like what to do if you see water in the floor. Further interview revealed she was new to the position and stated she did not have an annual plan or monthly plan for education. She was still trying to find out where deficiencies in education were and developing an education month to month if someone told her there was a need. Interview with the Staff Development Coordinator on 8/20/18 at 2:49 PM, in the conference room confirmed .(Nurse) Mentors check (computer based training) and HR (human resources) follows that .I just started .orientation begins with me .goes on to mentor .(mentors) pick a preceptor .(nurse mentors) evaluate in 1st 90 days and if not performing .mentors talk to DON (Director of Nursing) .(nurse mentors) keep in contact with HR for Relias (computer based training) .Excel (spreadsheet) is more for me to know who is with what mentor .what household they are (on) . Interview with the Staff Development Coordinator on 8/20/18 at 4:55 PM, in the conference room, confirmed the facility did not have a system in place to track and trend the competency levels of nurse aides. Refer to F-550, F-677, F-689, F-725 2020-09-01