F726 in Arkansas. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Arkansas cites F726 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share2.12×
2.12 times the share F726 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Arkansas citations1.27%
Of every deficiency written in Arkansas in 2025, this is the portion that was F726.
Arkansas1.27%
National0.60%
Share of all citations that were F726.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Arkansas surveyors wrote
F726 findings written in Arkansas, 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.
K · Immediate jeopardy, patternMay 6, 2025
Based on interviews, record review, facility document review, facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure a nurse with the training and competencies were on staff to provide the ordered necessary care to the residents. Specifically, the facility did not ensure Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) with Intravenous (IV) certification accessed and managed Resident #33's Peripherally Inserted Center Catheter (PICC) line including IV antibiotic administration, IV flushes, and assessment of the line's condition and status.
It was determined the facility's non-compliance with one or more requirements of participation had caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment, or death to residents. …
Based on record review, interview, and facility document review, the facility failed to ensure that nursing staff responded appropriately to an unwitnessed fall, specifically failing to notify the appropriate parties and initiate neurological checks for an unwitnessed fall for one (Resident #1) of three residents reviewed for falls.
Following the incident and prior to the surveyors entry into the facility, the facility terminated LPN #1 and initiated and completed a corrective action plan, thus these findings indicate past non-compliance.
The findings include:
A review of the admission Record indicated that Resident #1 was admitted [DATE] with diagnoses that included hypertensive encephalopathy (brain dysfunction) and hypertensive emergency. …
E · No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternMay 1, 2026
Number of residents sampled:
Number of residents cited:
Based on observations, interviews, record review, and facility policy review, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure a member of the nursing staff operated within their scope of practice for two (Resident #33 and Resident #89) of two residents reviewed.
The findings include:
Review of a facility document titled [Facility] Steps of Action dated 05/01/2026 revealed a reportable was completed for Medication Aide-Certified (MA-C) #1 allegedly working outside of their scope of practice by obtaining a Urine Analysis (UA) approximately two weeks prior to 04/30/2026, flushing a PICC line with normal saline, obtaining a blood sugar on a resident prior to that being in the scope of practice for a MA-C and allegations of MA-C #1… …
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