cms_WV: 3272
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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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3272 | MAPLES NURSING HOME | 515186 | 1600 BLAND STREET | BLUEFIELD | WV | 24701 | 2017-02-09 | 164 | D | 0 | 1 | UXFJ11 | **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on record review and staff interview, the facility provided confidential medical information to an entity who was not the resident's responsible party. This was true for one (1) of seventeen (17) residents reviewed during Stage 2 of the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS). Resident identifier: #86. Facility census: 58. Findings include: a) Resident #86 Record review found the resident was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. The medical record contained a copy of a guardian/conservation court appointment dated 08/21/08. The resident's facility physician deemed the resident to lack capacity to make medical decisions on 11/01/16. Review of the nurses notes found the resident had a fall on 02/04/17. The nursing note dated 02/04/17 at 4:07 p.m. revealed she, Heard resident calling for help, when entering room saw resident in floor sitting on buttocks beside w/c (wheelchair) able to move all extremities, unwitnessed and Neuro checks started. Assisted via 2 assist back to w/c. A nursing note dated 02/04/17 at 7:10 p.m. read, Notified DHHR (Department of Health and Human Services) via voice mail. A nursing note dated 02/06/17 read, d/c (discontinue) potassium 20 meq, (milliequivalent) BID (twice a day) PO (by mouth), start potassium 20 meq daily PO, DX (diagnosis), potassium 5.3. DHHR made aware via voice mail. (A normal potassium level is 3.6 to 5.2). The facility social worker (SW) #62, verified at 1:00 p.m. on 02/07/17, the resident's guardian/ conservation, was the resident's brother. She stated, the appointment of the brother in 2008 continues to be in effect and the DHHR is not the resident's responsible party. At 1:29 p.m. on 02/07/17, the director of nursing said, she did not know why the nurse would have contacted DHHR and not the legal representative. She also confirmed the DHHR is not the resident's medical decision maker and should not have been notified of changes in condition. . | 2020-09-01 |