F 0695
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on
observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure oxygen (O2) therapy was administered
as per physician orders for 1 resident reviewed for oxygen, of a total sample of 7 residents, (#5).
Residents Affected - Few
Findings:
Resident #5, a 75- year-old female was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. Her diagnoses included sequelae
of cerebral infarction (stroke complications), major depressive disorder, and chronic diastolic (congestive)
heart failure.
Review of the resident's quarterly Minimum Data Set assessment dated [DATE], revealed a Brief Interview
for Mental Status score of 15 out of 15, which indicated the resident's cognition was intact. The assessment
also revealed resident #5 received oxygen.
The resident's care plan for oxygen therapy initiated on 3/01/21, indicated interventions which directed staff
to, give medications as ordered by the physician, and, oxygen as ordered.
Observations on 2/24/25 at 10:17 AM, at 12:31 PM, and at 12:45 PM, showed the resident sitting up in bed
awake, alert, and oriented. She had an O2 nasal cannula (NC) connected to an oxygen concentrator set at
4.5 liters per minute (LPM). The resident could not say how many LPM the flow rate for her O2 should be
set at.
Clinical record review of the resident's physician orders revealed an order dated 10/01/24 for Oxygen 2
LPM via NC as needed for congested heart failure (CHF).
On 2/24/25 at 12:33 PM, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) A stated O2 therapy should be checked every
shift, unless there was a change in the resident's status. The LPN stated that when care was provided care,
and medications given, the nurse was supposed to check the resident's O2 therapy, to ensure the O2 was
flowing at the ordered rate. LPN A confirmed resident #5 had physician's orders for O2 at 2 LPM as
needed.
On 2/24/25 at 12:45 PM, observation of the flow rate of the resident's O2 therapy was conducted with LPN
A. She acknowledged that the O2 was infusing at 4.5 LPM, and said the rate should be at 2 LPM.
On 2/24/25 at 12:48 PM, the [NAME] Wing Unit Manager (UM) stated O2 therapy should be checked by
nurses when giving medications, and throughout the day to ensure that O2 was going at the right flow rate.
The resident's physician orders were reviewed by the UM, and she confirmed that the O2 order
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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:
105564
Printed: 05/28/2026
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
105564
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
02/25/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Lotus Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
7950 Lake Underhill Road
Orlando, FL 32822
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 0695
for the resident was for 2 LPM, not 4.5 LPM as observed.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
On 2/24/25 at 1:39 PM, the Director of Nursing (DON) stated nurses should check that the O2 flow rate was
administered as per the physician's order. The DON explained that whenever nurses went into the
resident's room, the O2 flow rate should be checked for the resident's safety, and to ensure physician
orders were followed, since O2 was considered a medication.
Residents Affected - Few
The facility's policy Oxygen Administration copyright 2024, read Oxygen is administered to residents who
need it, consistent with professional standards of practice .oxygen is administered under orders of a
physician.
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
105564
If continuation sheet
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