Failure to Provide QAPI Training to Direct Care Staff
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to provide mandatory Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) training to three of five direct care staff reviewed. Review of job descriptions for nursing assistants and licensed practical nurses indicated that staff are required to complete all assigned training and education as required by law and regulation. However, personnel files and continuing education transcripts for two nurse aides and one LPN showed no evidence of QAPI training since their hire dates. Interviews with the Human Resources Director and the Nursing Home Administrator confirmed that these staff members had not completed the necessary QAPI education. The deficiency was cited under 28 Pa. Code: 201.14(a) Responsibility of Licensee and 28 Pa. Code: 201.20(a) Staff Development, as the facility did not ensure that all direct care staff received required QAPI training.