Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
F808 in Rhode Island. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Rhode Island cites F808 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share1.19×
1.19 times the share F808 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Rhode Island citations0.17%
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island in 2025, this is the portion that was F808.
Rhode Island0.17%
National0.15%
Share of all citations that were F808.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F808 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.
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedApril 2, 2025
Based on record review, surveyor observation, and staff interview, it has been determined that the facility failed to ensure a resident received a therapeutic diet as ordered by the physician for 1 of 2 residents reviewed who had orders for a therapeutic diet, Resident ID #1.
Findings are as follows:
Resident ID #1 was admitted to the facility in March of 2025 with diagnoses including, but not limited to, acute and chronic respiratory failure and diastolic heart failure (when the left ventricle of the heart becomes stiff and does not beat properly).
Record review of a physician order with a start date of 3/26/2025 revealed a Low Sodium Diet (2-4 grams of Sodium) diet. …
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