Failure to Verify RN License Prior to First Shift
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to follow its own policies for preventing abuse, neglect, exploitation, and misappropriation of resident property by not completing required pre-employment screening and license verification for a registered nurse before the nurse began working. The facility’s Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation policy required that potential employees be screened for a history of abuse, neglect, exploitation, and misappropriation of resident property, with documentation maintained as proof of screening. The Licensed Nurse Credentialing and License Verification policy required that all licensed nurses have their credentials and license verified upon employment. An agency RN (Employee E1) worked in the facility on two consecutive days, but review of the personnel file showed that the nurse’s license verification was not conducted until three days after those shifts. In interviews, the DON confirmed the RN’s work dates, and the HR staff member confirmed there was no documented evidence of license verification prior to the RN’s first working shift.
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