Failure to Post Complete Daily Nurse Staffing Information
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that the posted nurse staffing information contained all required elements. On observation of the staffing schedule posted in the hallway near the lobby entrance, surveyors noted that the document did not include the facility name, the current census, or the total number or actual hours worked by licensed and unlicensed nursing staff directly responsible for resident care per shift. The Assistant Director of Nursing confirmed that this document was what the facility used to meet the daily nurse staffing posting requirement and acknowledged that it lacked the facility name, census, and any numerical values indicating hours worked by direct care staff. Facility policy titled "Posting Direct Care Daily Staffing Numbers" stated that at the beginning of each shift the facility shall post nurse staffing data as required by state and federal regulations in a clear, readable format and in a prominent place accessible to residents and visitors, but the observed posting did not meet these requirements. This failure has the potential to affect all 153 residents residing in the facility, with census documentation also indicating a current census of 158 residents.
