Failure to Verify Resident Diet Orders Prior to Meal Service
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to ensure that meals were served to residents according to their prescribed diet orders, as required by facility policy and physician directives. During a meal observation, a licensed vocational nurse (LVN) was seen checking diet cards and lifting meal tray lids but did not have access to the current list of residents' diet orders to verify accuracy. When questioned, the LVN stated that the list was at the nurses' station, but upon further inquiry, another LVN confirmed that the list was not available at the station and acknowledged it should have been printed prior to meal service. This lapse meant that meals could not be properly checked against physician orders before being served to residents.