Failure to Provide Required RN Coverage Seven Days a Week
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to provide the services of a Registered Nurse (RN) for at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week, as required by their own policy and federal regulations. Review of daily staffing sheets revealed that there were multiple days when no RN was scheduled, specifically from 8/20 through 8/22, 8/25 through 8/31, and 9/1 through 9/5. During an interview, the Director of Nursing (DON) acknowledged that only two RNs were employed in the building and admitted to working as both the DON and the floor RN, not realizing that these roles could not be fulfilled simultaneously. The facility census at the time was 86 residents, and the deficiency had the potential to affect all residents.