Failure to Complete Self-Medication Assessment for Resident
Penalty
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Summary
A deficiency occurred when a resident was observed with a pill cup containing a round brown tablet, identified as senna 8.6 mg, left on their bedside table. The resident, who had diagnoses including diabetes and metabolic encephalopathy and was assessed as having minimal cognitive impairment, did not have a completed self-medication administration assessment in their clinical record. Facility staff, including an LPN and the DON, confirmed that no such assessment had been performed. The facility's policy requires an interdisciplinary team assessment of a resident's competence before allowing self-administration of medications, but this process was not followed in this instance.