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 Rhode Island. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Rhode Island cites F693 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.74×
0.74 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Rhode Island citations0.52%
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island in 2025, this is the portion that was F693.
Rhode Island0.52%
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 Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F693 findings written in Rhode Island, 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.
G · Actual harm, isolatedApril 8, 2024
Based on record review and staff interview, it has been determined that the facility failed to ensure that residents that are fed through a feeding tube receive the appropriate treatment and services to prevent complications for 1 of 1 resident reviewed who receives nutrition and medications via Gastrostomy Tube (G-tube- is a feeding tube that provides supplemental feeding, hydration, or medicine directly to the stomach), Resident ID #21.
Findings are as follows:
Record review of a facility policy, revised on 6/1/2021, titled, Gastrostomy Tube (G-tube)/Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Tube Placement, states in part, .Document .Procedure .Site assessment .Patient's response, including any adverse effects .X-ray confirmation . …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedAugust 14, 2026
Based on surveyor observation, clinical record review, and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure residents who are fed through a feeding tube receive the appropriate treatment and services to prevent complications for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for a continuous feeding and water flush via a Jejunostomy tube (J-tube, a surgically placed device used to give direct access to the small intestine for supplemental feeding, hydration or medicine), Resident ID #1.Findings are as follows:Record review of a community reported complaint submitted to the Rhode Island Department of Health on 7/29/2026, alleged in part, The resident has required multiple hospital transfers to replace his/her J-tube.Review of a facility policy titled, Enteral Feedings last revised October of 2022, states in part,… …
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