Inaccurate Daily Staffing Postings
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that daily staff posting information was accurate for the total numbers of direct care staff, actual hours worked by direct care staff, and actual staffing totals worked by licensed and unlicensed direct care nursing staff for 9 of 9 days reviewed. Review of daily staff postings and corresponding punch details showed that the posted RN, LPN/LVN, and CNA hours did not match the punch records on each sampled day, and several postings also did not include the total number of nurses and CNAs that worked each shift or the total number of hours worked by all licensed staff and CNAs each day. For the sampled dates, the daily postings listed hours that differed from the punch details, including large discrepancies on some days. Examples included a posting showing 7.28 RN hours, 97.31 LPN/LVN hours, and 194.13 CNA hours when punch details showed 34.82 RN hours, 84.06 LPN/LVN hours, and 196.86 CNA hours. Other sampled days showed differences in LPN/LVN and CNA hours, and one day showed a difference of 16 RN hours, 8 LPN/LVN hours, and 6.89 CNA hours between the posting and punch details. The census on the reviewed days ranged from 92 to 104. During interview, the Staffing Coordinator stated she completed the daily staff postings and that the postings reflected hours worked per shift rather than the number of staff members, and she did not know how to prove the accuracy of the postings. The DON stated the Staffing Coordinator was responsible for completing the postings and that the facility expected them to be accurate and maintained consistently, but staff call-outs and punch-in/punch-out inaccuracies were not always identified until the end of the pay period. The facility policy stated it would post the number of staff working who are directly responsible for resident care and include hours worked by RNs, LPNs/VNs, and Nursing Assistants for each shift.
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