Failure to Maintain Readily Accessible Daily Nurse Staffing Information
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to maintain daily posted nurse staffing information in a readily accessible format as required. During an observation on the nursing unit with the DON, it was found that staffing information for the current day shift, including hours worked by RNs, LPNs, and CNAs, as well as the resident census, was posted on a large white wipe board. Separate paper documentation with specific staff room assignments was also posted, but this did not include the actual hours worked for nurses and aides. The surveyor noted that the required information regarding hours worked was only available on the wipe board and not on the saved posted assignment sheets, and the DON confirmed that hours worked were kept on other reports rather than with the posted assignment sheets, which are required to be kept for 18 months.