Failure to Maintain Required RN Coverage Seven Days a Week
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that a registered nurse (RN) was on duty for at least eight consecutive hours a day, seven days a week, as required. On 2/3/26, a surveyor requested the Nurse Staffing Report (NSR) for the two weeks prior to the survey, covering 01/18/2026 to 01/31/2026. Review of the NSRs completed by the facility for this period showed there was no RN coverage for any shift on four specific dates: 1/18/26, 1/21/26, 1/28/26, and 1/31/26. During a telephone conversation on 2/11/26 at 8:06 AM, the Licensed Nursing Home Administrator confirmed awareness that there was no RN coverage on those dates and stated that the lack of coverage was due to call outs. The deficiency was cited under NJAC 8:39-25.2(h), which requires an RN on duty eight hours a day and a full-time RN director of nurses.
