Failure to Provide Required Annual In-Service Training for CNAs
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide the required annual in-service training of at least 12 hours to ensure the continued competence of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). Record reviews for three CNAs showed no documented evidence of completion of the mandated annual training hours. Specifically, personnel files for CNAs hired on 07/02/2021, 04/19/2023, and 05/30/2012 lacked documentation of 12 hours of annual in-service education. This deficiency was confirmed during an interview with the Director of Nursing, who acknowledged that the required training had not been provided to these staff members. The deficiency was identified through both record review and staff interview, with no evidence found in the personnel files to support that the CNAs had received the necessary annual training, including education in dementia care and abuse prevention.