Based on personnel file review, the facility in-service attendance calendar, and staff interview, the facility failed to implement training for multiple topics for 6 of 6 staff reviewed (Staff B, M, N, O, P, Q). The facility reported a census of 76 residents.Findings included: An Employee Face Sheet listed the hire date for Staff B Licensed Practical Nurse(LPN) as 1/8/25. The facility's Hired List By Date listed the following hire dates:Staff O Certified Nursing Assistant(CNA) 4/16/25Staff P CNA 7/16/25Staff Q CNA 8/28/25The facility lacked documentation that new hires Staff B, Staff O, Staff P and Staff Q completed training in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI), compliance and ethics, and infection control upon hire and lacked documentation that non-new hires Staff M CNA… …
F940 citations in Iowa
Administration Deficiencies
Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Iowa cites F940 less often than its own record predicts
0.86 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Iowa in 2025, this is the portion that was F940.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Iowa surveyors wrote
F940 findings written in Iowa, 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 Iowa citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.07% | 0.76× |
| 2025 | 0.08% | 0.86× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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