Failure to Develop Baseline Care Plans Upon Admission
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to develop baseline care plans for two residents within the required timeframe following their admission. One resident was admitted with a colostomy, but the clinical record did not show that a baseline care plan addressing colostomy care was created. Another resident was admitted with dementia and high blood pressure and had a physician order for continuous enteral feeding via a nasogastric tube, yet the clinical record did not indicate that a baseline care plan for tube feeding was developed. The facility's policy requires a baseline plan of care to be reviewed with the resident or their representative within 72 hours of admission, but this was not completed for these residents. The Nursing Home Administrator confirmed the failure to develop the required baseline care plans within 24 hours as mandated.