cms_WV: 11295
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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 |
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| 11295 | ARBORS AT FAIRMONT | 515189 | 130 KAUFMAN DRIVE | FAIRMONT | WV | 26554 | 2009-05-14 | 353 | E | 1 | 0 | 674B11 | **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on observation, staff, and resident interview, and a review of assignment sheets and schedules, the facility failed to deploy sufficient direct care staff across all shifts and units to meet the assessed care needs of dependent residents. This deficient practice affected more than an isolated number of residents. Facility census: 119. Findings include: a) On the evening of 05/10/09 (from 7:30 p.m. through 12:00 a.m.) continuing into the early morning of 05/11/09, observations revealed the following: - On the 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (3-11) shift on 05/10/09, there were four (4) nurses and six (6) nursing assistants present for one hundred nineteen (119) residents. Per the planned nursing schedule, there should have been four (4) licensed nurses and eleven (11) nursing assistants in the facility. - On the 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. (11-7) shift beginning on 05/10/09 through 05/11/09, there were four (4) nurses and four (4) nursing assistants present in the facility. Per the planned nursing schedule, there should have been four (4) licensed nurses and four (4) nursing assistants in the facility. On 05/10/09, all nursing staff members who were present in the facility for the 3-11 and 11-7 shifts were confidentially interviewed. A review of the twenty-four (24) hour nursing reports for the 11-7 shift revealed: - On 05/13/09, there were only three (3) licensed nurses and four (4) nursing assistants for the entire shift. - On 05/08/09 from 11:00 p.m. through 3:00 a.m., there were only four (4) licensed nurses and three (3) nursing assistants. - On 05/07/09 from 11:00 p.m. through 3:00 a.m., there were only three (3) nurses and three (3) nursing assistants, with a fourth coming in from 3:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. - On 05/06/09 from 11:00 p.m. through 3:00 a.m., there were three (3) nurses and three (3) nursing assistants until 3:00 a.m., when a fourth (4) nursing assistant came in from 3:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. - On 05/05/09, there were four (4) nurses and three (3) nursing assistants for the entire shift. - On 05/04/09, there were two (2) nurses and three (3) nursing assistants for the entire shift. - On 05/02/09, there were three (3) nurses and two (2) nursing assistants for the entire shift. - On 04/29/09, there were four (4) nurses and three (3) nursing assistants for the entire shift. - On 04/17/09, there were four (4) nurses and three (3) nursing assistants for the entire shift. - On 04/15/09, there were three (3) nurses and three (3) nursing assistants for the entire shift. - On 04/02/09, there were four (4) nurses and three (3) nursing assistants from 3:00 a.m. through 7:00 a.m. Review of the staffing calculation worksheet found there were less than sixty (60) nursing hours for the 11-7 shift for the 2009 dates of 02/02/09, 02/13/09, 02/14/09, 02/16/09, 02/17/09, 02/20/09, 03/13/09, 03/19/09, 03/25/09 - 03/29/09, 04/04/09, 04/13/09, 04/15/09, 04/29/09, and 05/01/09 - 05/09/09. The facility's census varied from one hundred fourteen (114) to one hundred nineteen (119) residents for these days. The resident census and conditions of residents (CMS-672), dated 05/10/09, indicated there were one hundred eighteen (118) residents in the facility. Seventy (70) residents were occasionally or frequently incontinent of bladder, and seventy (70) residents were occasionally or frequently incontinent of bowel. Fifty-six (56) residents were in a chair all or most of the time. Forty-one (41) residents had documented psychiatric diagnoses, sixty-nine (69) residents had a [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Five (5) residents developed pressure ulcers since admission, and one-hundred eighteen (118) residents were receiving preventive skin care. Confidential interviews held with nursing staff from the 3-11 shift and the 11-7 shift found that rounds were to be made every two (2) hours on the 11-7 shift, and most agreed this was not always possible. The nursing staff agreed the licensed nurses would help by answering call lights and turning residents, but none of them made rounds with the nursing assistants. On 05/10/09, the 3-11 nursing assistants were interviewed from 9:30 p.m. through 10:30 p.m., and most agreed they had not been able to complete their assignments for the 3-11 shift at times. This happened when there was not enough staff present at the facility. Tasks not completed included final rounds (including turning / repositioning and incontinence care), denture care, emptying urinary catheter drainage bags, and charting in the kiosk. On one (1) hallway, the 8:00 p.m. snacks had not been passed. The 11-7 shift nursing assistants indicated on some nights there was only one (1) nursing assistant for half of the facility (with a total of one hundred twenty (120) beds), and they are not always able to complete their rounds. An interview with the staffing coordinator, on 05/13/09 at 11:50 a.m., found she scheduled four (4) licensed nurses for 7:00 p.m. through 7:00 a.m., with eight (8) nursing assistants for the 3-11 shift and four (4) nursing assistants for the 11-7 shift. She reported having no control over "call-offs", and the licenses nurses were to call out other nursing assistants if there were "call-offs". An interview with the director of nursing (DON) and the assistant director of nursing (ADON), on 05/13/09, found the licensed nurses were supposed to call out nursing assistants or to try to get nursing assistants to stay over or come in early in order to cover part or all of the affected shift. The nurses were supposed to let the DON or ADON know if there was not enough staff, but the nurses had not been doing so. | 2014-07-01 |