Failure to Complete Annual Performance Evaluation for Nurse Aide
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to complete required annual performance evaluations for at least one nurse aide. Review of the personnel file for a 3–11 PM nurse aide (NA #1) showed a hire date of 11/26/12 and documented that the last performance evaluation was completed on 12/18/22, with no evidence that yearly evaluations were completed in 2023, 2024, or 2025. The Administrator stated that each employee was required to have an annual performance evaluation based on their hire-date anniversary and explained that, although the facility currently had no Human Resources (HR) staff member, HR had been expected to notify when evaluations were due, distribute them to nursing supervisors for completion, and ensure they were filed in the employee record. Facility policy titled “How to Complete the Performance Evaluation” indicated that the facility reviews and summarizes employee counseling sessions to identify trends and patterns, reviews job description performance ratings with the employee to ensure understanding of performance expectations, and files the performance evaluation per facility policy, but this process was not carried out for NA #1 for multiple consecutive years. No resident medical history or condition was described in relation to this deficiency.
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