Tube feeding · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
F693 in Nebraska. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Nebraska cites F693 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.97×
0.97 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Nebraska citations0.68%
Of every deficiency written in Nebraska in 2025, this is the portion that was F693.
Nebraska0.68%
National0.70%
Share of all citations that were F693.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Nebraska surveyors wrote
F693 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.
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedJune 16, 2026
Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12-006.09(H)(vi)(3)(c)Licensure Reference Number 175 NAC 12-006.09(H)(vi)(3)(a)Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to administer the correct amount of enteral nutrition (liquid formula containing nutrients) per the provider's order on 1 (Resident 103) of 3 sampled residents, ensure flush orders were obtained for 1 (Resident 102) of 3 sampled resident's percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG, a tube inserted directly into the stomach to administer nutrients and medications) tube, and ensure 2 (Residents 103 and 101) of 3 sampled resident's enteral nutrients were refrigerated after opening the container per the manufacturer's recommendations. …
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