Resident Privacy Not Maintained During Medication Administration
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Summary
The facility failed to ensure the privacy of a resident during a medication pass on the First Floor nursing unit. During observation, a licensed practical nurse was seen administering an enteral feed to a resident whose shirt was pulled up, leaving him exposed to anyone passing by in the hallway. The privacy curtain was not pulled, and the resident's roommate was present in the room, watching the procedure. The facility's policy requires nursing staff to maintain privacy when administering medications by routes other than the mouth, but this was not followed in this instance. The nurse confirmed during an interview that she is supposed to pull the curtain to ensure privacy.