Failure to Ensure Required CNA Training and Annual In-Services
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to implement and maintain an effective training program for its Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). One CNA, hired on 6/24/24, did not have documentation of required in-service trainings on abuse, resident rights, and behavioral topics in her education record. The Business Office Manager confirmed that these trainings had not been completed. Another CNA, hired on 5/2/22, lacked evidence in her employee file of having received annual in-service trainings on communication, resident rights, behavioral health, dementia management, abuse prevention, or the required minimum of 12 hours per year to ensure continuing competency. The Business Office Manager confirmed that while this CNA had an annual evaluation, the annual trainings had not been completed.