Based on observation, record review, and interviews, the facility failed to provide care consistent with professional standards for 1 (R #1) of 1 (R #1) resident who requires colostomy (a surgical procedure in which the colon is connected to the abdominal wall and an opening (stoma) is created in the abdominal wall created to allow waste to leave the body) care, when the facility nursing staff were unaware of the expectations for colostomy bag (a pouch attached to the body that collects fecal waste) care and insisted R #1 could perform her own colostomy care. If the facility does not provide care consistent with professional standards for a resident with a colostomy, residents are likely to experience frustration from not receiving the care they need. The findings are: A. …
F691 citations in New Mexico
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
New Mexico cites F691 more often than its own record predicts
1.29 times the share F691 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in New Mexico in 2024, this is the portion that was F691.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What New Mexico surveyors wrote
F691 findings written in New Mexico, 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.
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