Audubon County Public Health Nursing Services

The agency failed to complete a written emergency preparedness plan.

The agency failed to complete a written emergency preparedness plan.

The agency failed to complete a written emergency preparedness plan.

The agency failed to complete a written emergency preparedness plan.

The agency failed to complete a written emergency preparedness plan.

The agency failed to complete a written emergency preparedness plan.

The agency failed to ensure accurate completion of all required components of the recertification comprehensive assessments between day 56 and 60 of each 60 day certification period for 5 of 10 sampled patients requiring a recertification assessment (Patients #2, #3, #4, #8 and #9).

The agency failed to ensure accurate completion of all required components of the discharge comprehensive assessments within 2 calendar days of identification of the need to discharge a patient for 2 of 3 sampled patients requiring a discharge comprehensive assessment (Patients #6 and #10).

The agency skilled staff failed to coordinate care with other staff caring for the same patient for 3 of 7 sampled patients (Patients #2, #5 and #6).

The agency failed to ensure a registered nurse completed home health aide supervision at least every 60 days while observing the home health aide present and providing direct patient care for 2 of 2 sampled patients who received hands on personal care services with no skilled service provision.

The agency failed to complete and send a transfer summary to the physician or other health care professionals responsible for providing care to the patient while in a health care facility within 2 business days of knowledge of the occurrence of the transfer for and/or complete and send a discharge…