Saint Agnes Home Health and Hospice

The agency’s Registered Nurse (RN) 1 and RN 2 failed to assume their responsibility to communicate to their Clinical Manager (CM) or physician to clarify the use of Central Venous Catheter (CVC- a long, flexible tube inserted into a vein in the neck to receive drugs, fluids or blood for emergency…

The agency failed to conduct a comprehensive assessment (a thorough evaluation) to accurately reflect patient’s integumentary (skin) status for one of three sampled patients (Patient 1) when Registered Nurse (RN) 1 did not document the presence of a Medi-port (a small medical appliance that is…

The agency failed to provide service as physician ordered for one of three sampled patients (Patient 3) when Registered Nurse (RN) 3 did not educate Patient 3 of the signs and symptoms of fluid retention related to Patient 3’s cardiac function in the plan of care (POC-a written plan outlines…

The agency failed to coordinate the referral to pain management specialist for one of three sampled patients (Patient 2) when Patient 2 had been assessed to have had a high level of pain (5 out of 10 on numerical pain scale [a tool to assess pain intensity where 0 = no pain, 1 to 3 = mild pain, 4…