Failure to Provide Required Annual In-Service Training for GNAs
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide geriatric nursing assistants (GNAs) with the required annual in-service training, as evidenced by a review of five GNA employee files during the annual survey. The Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) stated that ongoing training was conducted twice per month and that an annual competency skills fair was held, but when asked to provide documentation of annual in-service training for the GNAs, no such records were found in the employee files. Despite a subsequent search and provision of additional education records, there was still no evidence of the required annual in-service training for the five GNAs reviewed. Both the Director of Nursing and the ADON were informed of the missing documentation. No information was provided regarding the medical history or condition of any residents at the time of the deficiency, and the report focuses solely on the lack of required staff training documentation.