Failure to Include Existing Pressure Ulcer in Baseline Care Plan
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure the baseline care plan reflected a resident’s current status of having a pressure ulcer and to create and implement a plan to meet the resident’s immediate needs within 48 hours of admission. The resident was admitted with diagnoses including gastrostomy, gastrojejunal ulcer, cognitive communication deficit, unspecified atrial flutter, and malignant neoplasm of the prostate, and was documented as cognitively intact on the most recent MDS 3.0 assessment. A Comprehensive Skin Evaluation completed shortly after admission identified a stage II pressure ulcer to the coccyx that was present on admission. However, the baseline care plan developed for the resident did not list the stage II pressure ulcer and contained no interventions related to the pressure ulcer, despite facility policy requiring a baseline plan of care to meet immediate health and safety needs within 48 hours of admission. During interview, the DON and MDS Coordinator confirmed that the care plan did not address the resident’s pressure ulcer and that no interventions were in place for this condition. This deficiency was cited as non-compliance under the referenced complaint number.
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