Haleyville Health Care Center

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Haleyville Health Care Center, in the surveyor’s own words.

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF602Feb 10, 2022

  Based on record review, interviews, a review of facility Archived Time Card Report for Employee Identifier (EI) #6, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), the review of the facility policy titled Abuse Prevention Program - Definitions, and a review of facility policy titled Medication - Controlled Substances, the facility failed to ensure: 1) Resident Identifier (RI) #2, 4, and 7 were free from misappropriation of property when these controlled substances could not be reconciled and accounted for disposition and 2) EI #6 did not remove two doses of controlled substance medications for a single time and date for RI #1, 2, 3, and 4. This affected five of seven residents sampled for misappropriation of controlled substances. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF658Feb 10, 2022

  Based on interviews, medical record reviews, a review of a complaint and email submitted by the facility to the Alabama Board of Nursing, a review of facility policy titled Medication - Administration, and review of POTTER & PERRY, FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING, NINTH EDITION, 2017, the facility failed to ensure Employee Identifier (EI) # 6, a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), followed the standards of practice for signing out narcotics and did not prepare medications for multiple residents in advance. This affected four of seven sampled residents. Findings Include: A review of a complaint submitted by the facility to the Alabama Board of Nursing on [DATE] revealed: . […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedF760Nov 10, 2022

  Based on interviews, medical record review, review of POTTER and PERRY FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING and review of facility policies titled Medication - Adverse Consequences & (and) Medication Errors and Medication - Administration, the facility failed to ensure the medication pass administration conducted on 10/27/2022, was free of any significant errors. During the medication pass, Employee Identifier (EI), #2, an LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) prepared and administered Resident Identifier (RI) #5's medications to RI #1. This deficient practice affected RI #1, one of four residents sampled for medication administration. Findings Include: A facility policy titled Medication - Adverse Consequences & (and) Medication Errors, with a revised date of 08/01/2015, revealed the following: . […]