Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12-006.05(8) Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure residents are free from chemical restraints for 1 resident (Resident 26). The facility census was 50. Findings are: Appendix PP Nursing Home Federal regulations define the following terms and examples related to a chemical restraint: - Chemical restraint is defined as any drug that is used for discipline or staff convenience and not required to treat medical symptoms. - Discipline is defined as any action taken by facility staff for the purpose of punishing or penalizing residents. - Staff have recommended to the practitioner that a resident be administered a medication in order to prevent a resident from displaying behaviors. …
F605 citations in Nebraska
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Nebraska cites F605 more often than its own record predicts
2.77 times the share F605 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Nebraska in 2025, this is the portion that was F605.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Nebraska surveyors wrote
F605 findings written in Nebraska, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12-006.05(G)Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure that behavior monitoring for residents on psychoactive medications was completed for 3 of 6 residents sampled (Residents 3, 9 and 6); failed to ensure that PRN psychotropic medications had an end date of 14 days, and if continued, had the required clinical rationale and/or physician review which specified the need for 3 of 6 sampled residents (Residents 6, 9, and 41). The facility census was 54. Findings are: A. A record review of a policy titled, Use of Psychotropic Medications dated 8/1/23 revealed, it is the intent of this policy to ensure that residents only receive psychotropic medication when other nonpharmacological interventions are clinically contraindicated. …
Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12-006.05(G)Based on record review and interview; the facility failed to complete gradual dose reductions or have documented contraindications for antipsychotic medications for Residents 3 and 4. The sample size was 5 and the facility census was 45. Findings are:A. Review of the facility policy Use of Psychotropic Medication(s) with a revision date of 4/21/25 revealed the following: -the facility ensured residents only receive psychotropic medications when other nonpharmacological interventions were clinically contraindicated. …
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