Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.
Based on record review and staff interview, it has been determined that the facility failed to ensure that employed Nursing Aides that worked in the facility as a nurse aide for more than 4 months, on a full-time basis, completed a training and competency evaluation program, or a competency evaluation program approved by the State, for 9 of 30 Nursing Aides reviewed who were employed at the facility and listed on the working schedule.
Findings are as follows:
Record review revealed Resident ID #1 was admitted to the facility in August of 2021 with diagnoses including, but not limited to, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety disorder, difficulty walking, and age-related macular degeneration (a medical condition that causes impaired vision). …
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