Failure to Complete Annual Performance Evaluations for Nurse Aides
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that annual performance evaluations were completed for three out of five nurse aides reviewed. Specifically, one nurse aide's last documented performance review was in 2023, with no available documentation for the required 2024 review. Another nurse aide had an annual performance review from 2019 that was unsigned by both the employee and evaluator, with no subsequent reviews available. A third nurse aide had a performance review from 2021, also unsigned by both parties, and no documentation of later reviews could be found. Interviews with the DON and ADON confirmed that annual evaluations are required but acknowledged that they were unaware of the lapses due to the absence of Human Resources staff and could not provide a facility policy for nurse aide performance evaluations.