Based on personnel record review, interview, and review of the director of nursing (DON)'s job description the provider failed to ensure yearly performance evaluations were completed on three of three sampled certified nursing assistants (CNAs) (S, U, and AA) and their in-service training was tailored to address areas of weakness as determined in the nurse aide's performance reviews and facility assessment. Findings include:1.Review of contracted travel CNA S's personnel record revealed she was hired on 3/19/24. There was no yearly performance review in her personnel record. 2. Review of contracted travel CNA U's personnel record revealed she was hired on 3/7/23. There was no yearly performance review in her personnel record. 3. …
F947 citations in South Dakota
Nurse aide training · Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
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Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
South Dakota cites F947 less often than its own record predicts
0.60 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in South Dakota in 2025, this is the portion that was F947.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What South Dakota surveyors wrote
F947 findings written in South Dakota, 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.
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