Failure to Provide Required Annual In-Service Training for GNAs
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that Geriatric Nursing Assistants (GNAs) received the required annual 12 hours of in-service training. During a personnel record review, it was found that three GNAs did not have documentation showing completion of this mandatory training. Interviews with the Human Resources Director and the Nursing and Health Services Educator/Infection Prevention Nurse revealed that neither was aware of the regulatory requirement for the annual 12-hour in-service training for GNAs, and no documentation could be provided to demonstrate compliance for the GNAs reviewed. The deficiency was identified during the facility's recertification survey, where the absence of training records for the GNAs was confirmed. The Director of Nursing was also informed of the lack of documentation. The findings were based solely on record reviews and staff interviews, with no mention of direct resident impact or specific patient conditions related to this deficiency.