F 0658
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure safe medication
administration to one resident (Resident 1) of two sampled residents when medications were left
unattended at bedside.
Residents Affected - Few
This decreased the facility's potential to ensure medications were safely ingested by the intended resident.
Findings:
A review of an admission record indicated Resident 1 was admitted to the facility in 2024 with diagnoses
which included anxiety (a feeling of fear, dread, and uneasiness that can be a normal reaction to stress)
and chronic pain syndrome (a condition that involves chronic pain that interferes with daily life and is
accompanied by other symptoms).
A review of Resident 1's care plan initiated on 7/31/24 indicated a focus on, Resident accusing NOC
[nocturnal shift] nurse of not giving her medications that were scheduled . Licensed nurses were supposed
to, increase communication between [Resident 1] .about care and living environment .Explain all
procedures and .medications .
A review of Resident 1's care plan initiated on 8/27/24 indicated a focus on, [Resident 1] yelling at NOC
CNA [Certified Nurse Assistant] and this nurse and accusing NOC CNA and this nurse of not providing care
to resident .Resident also throwing her medication at this nurse. Licensed nurses were supposed to,
increase communication between [Resident 1] .about care and living environment .Explain all procedures
and .medications .
A review of Resident 1's self-administration of medication dated 10/13/24 at 1:40 a.m. indicated no
members of the interdisciplinary team (IDT, a group of health professionals from different disciplines who
work together to treat a patient) was documented.
In an observation on 11/8/24 at 2:05 p.m. in Resident 1's room, an open medication cup labeled with
Resident 1's room number and bed sat on a food tray next to various food items. The medication cup had
no lid and approximately 9 pills of different colors and sizes. The surveyor took a photo of the medication
cup.
In an interview and concurrent record review on 11/8/24 at 3:30 p.m., the Director of Nursing (DON) was
shown the photo of the medication cup with Resident 1's room number and bed. The DON stated leaving
medications at bedside was a safety concern because the licensed nurse could not ensure what Resident 1
would do with the medications. The DON also confirmed Resident 1's self-administration of
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Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other
safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the
date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided. For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date
these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER
REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
TITLE
(X6) DATE
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
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Event ID:
056304
Printed: 05/15/2026
Form Approved OMB
No. 0938-0391
Department of Health & Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
056304
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
11/08/2024
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Mission Carmichael Healthcare Center
3630 Mission Avenue
Carmichael, CA 95608
For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency.
(X4) ID PREFIX TAG
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
(Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0658
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
medication assessment was incomplete. The DON was unable to provide any IDT notes regarding Resident
1's ability to self-administer medication.
A review of Resident 1's active physician orders printed on 11/8/24 at 4:02 p.m. indicated no active order
which indicated Resident 1 was able to self-administer medications.
Residents Affected - Few
A review of all of Resident 1's care plans on 11/8/24 indicated no documented evidence of a care plan for
Resident 1's ability to self-administer medications.
In a concurrent observation and interview in Resident 1's room on 11/8/24 at 4:07 p.m., Licensed Nurse 1
(LN 1) confirmed the medication cup with Resident 1's room number and bed still sat on the food tray with
pills inside it.
In an interview on 11/8/24 at 4:35 p.m., the Administrator and DON both stated it was not a good idea for
medication to be left at bedside, unattended as it posed a safety hazard.
A review of the facility's policy and procedure (P&P) titled Resident Self-Administration of Medication
revised 12/19/22 indicated, .The care plan must reflect resident self-administration and storage
arrangements for such medications.
A review of the facility's P&P titled Administering Medications revised April 2008 indicated, .Medications
may not be prepared in advance and must be administered within one (1) hour of their prescribed time .The
individual administering the medication must ensure that the .right time .[is] verified before the medication is
administered .Should a drug be withheld, refused, or given other than at the scheduled time, the individual
administering the medication must initial and circle the MAR [Medication Administration Record] space
provided for that particular drug. Any explanatory note on the reverse side of the MAR must be entered
when drugs are withheld, refused, or given other than at scheduled times .Self-administration of drugs is
permitted only when approved by the attending physician and interdisciplinary team assessment indicates
the resident is capable of safe administration.
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
056304
If continuation sheet
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