Incomplete Daily Nurse Staffing Information Posted
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that daily nurse staffing information was complete and accurate, specifically omitting the actual hours worked by licensed and unlicensed direct care nursing staff. Review of the daily nurse staffing forms for several specified dates revealed that the forms did not include the required information about actual hours worked. During an observation, the posted staffing form at the front information desk also lacked this information. Interviews with the Staffing Coordinator and the Director of Nursing confirmed that the actual hours worked were not included on the daily nurse staff posting forms. The Staffing Coordinator stated she was not informed that actual hours worked needed to be included, and the Director of Nursing acknowledged that the postings were incomplete and that she was unaware of the associated risks. Facility policy requires that the daily posting include hours worked by RNs, LPNs, and nursing assistants for each shift, but this was not followed.