Based on personnel file review, staff interview, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure one of two sampled Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA/Staff#98) maintained current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid certification. The facility also failed to follow its policy requiring one Registered Nurse (RN/Staff#90) to remain in non-probationary status. The deficient practice could place residents at risk for delayed or ineffective emergency response and for receiving care that does not meet accepted standards of care.Findings include:Review of a personnel file for a CNA, Staff #46, revealed a hire date of [DATE], and a CNA job description signed on [DATE]. …
F726 citations in Arizona
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Against expectation — 2025
Arizona cites F726 more often than its own record predicts
1.06 times the share F726 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Arizona in 2025, this is the portion that was F726.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Arizona surveyors wrote
F726 findings written in Arizona, 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.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Arizona citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.52% | 0.85× |
| 2024 | 0.92% | 1.40× |
| 2025 | 0.64% | 1.06× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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