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09/06/2024
Health Care Ctr at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio
23600 via Esplendor Cupertino, CA 95014
F 0684
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
**NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure care and services were provided in accordance with professional standards of practice for one of three sample residents (Resident 1) when:
Residents Affected - Few 1. The facility scheduled a change in medication administration time to start on 7/17/24 when it should have started on 7/18/24; and, 2. A medication was documented as administered when it should have been documented as refused. These failures had the potential to compromise the resident's health and well-being.
Findings: 1. Review of Resident 1's medical record indicated she was admitted on [DATE] and had diagnoses including hypertension (high blood pressure). Review of Resident 1's Order Summary Report indicated she had a physician's order, dated 7/8/24, for lisinopril (medication used to lower blood pressure) 5 milligrams (mg, unit of dose measurement) three tablets (total of 15 mg) by mouth one time a day for hypertension. From 7/9/24 to 7/17/24, this medication was scheduled to be administered at 9:00 a.m. Review of Resident 1's medication administration record (MAR) indicated on 7/17/24, Resident 1 received her daily dose of lisinopril as ordered at 9:00 a.m. Review of Resident 1's Progress Notes, dated 7/17/24, indicated Resident 1's physician saw her at 11:00 a.m. and gave a new order to administer lisinopril in the evening. The Progress Notes indicated, Order noted and carried out. Review of Resident 1's Order Details, dated 7/17/24, indicated a staff member carried out a new order for lisinopril 5 mg three tablets by mouth every day for hypertension. The staff member scheduled an administration time of 5:00 p.m., with a start date of 7/17/24. During an interview and concurrent record review with the director of nursing (DON) on 9/6/24, at 10:44 a.m., the DON reviewed Resident 1's medical record and confirmed the new evening administration time for Resident 1's daily dose of lisinopril was scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m. on 7/17/24. The DON acknowledged that per documentation, Resident 1 had already received her daily dose of lisinopril at 9:00 a.m. that day. The DON confirmed Resident 1's new administration time for lisinopril should have been scheduled to start the following day, 7/18/24.
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09/06/2024
Health Care Ctr at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio
23600 via Esplendor Cupertino, CA 95014
F 0684
Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
During an interview with registered nurse A (RN A) on 9/6/24, at 2:50 p.m., RN A confirmed she was the one who carried out the physician's order to start administering Resident 1's lisinopril in the evening. RN A confirmed that when she carried out the order on 7/17/24, she had already administered Resident 1's daily dose of lisinopril at 9:00 a.m. that day. RN A confirmed the new evening administration time for Resident 1's daily dose of lisinopril was supposed to be scheduled to start the following day, 7/18/24. RN A stated, That was my mistake. 2. Review of Resident 1's Order Summary Report indicated she had a physician's order, dated 7/8/24, for lisinopril 5 mg three tablets by mouth one time a day for hypertension. From 7/9/24 to 7/17/24, this medication was scheduled to be administered at 9:00 a.m. Review of Resident 1's MAR indicated on 7/17/24, Resident 1 received her daily dose of lisinopril as ordered at 9:00 a.m. Review of Resident 1's Progress Notes, dated 7/17/24, indicated Resident 1's physician saw her at 11:00 a.m. and gave a new order to administer lisinopril in the evening. The Progress Notes indicated, Order noted and carried out. Review of Resident 1's Order Details, dated 7/17/24, indicated a staff member carried out a new order for lisinopril 5 mg three tablets by mouth every day for hypertension. The staff member scheduled an administration time of 5:00 p.m., with a start date of 7/17/24. Further review of Resident 1's MAR was conducted. The documentation indicated Resident 1 also received lisinopril 5 mg three tablets by mouth at 5:00 p.m. on 7/17/24. During an interview and concurrent record review with the DON on 9/6/24, at 10:44 a.m., the DON reviewed Resident 1's MAR and confirmed the documentation indicated that on 7/17/24, Resident 1 received lisinopril 5 mg three tablets by mouth at 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. During an interview with RN A on 9/6/24, at 2:50 p.m., RN A confirmed she administered lisinopril 5 mg three tablets by mouth to Resident 1 on 7/17/24 at 9:00 a.m. RN A explained later that day, Resident 1's physician gave an order to start administering lisinopril in the evening. RN A further explained when she entered the new order in the computer system, she mistakenly scheduled the evening lisinopril to start at 5:00 p.m. on 7/17/24 instead of the following day. RN A stated that on 7/17/24, the evening nurse tried to administer the 5:00 p.m. dose of lisinopril to Resident 1, but the resident refused it because she had already taken the medication at 9:00 a.m. that morning. During a follow-up interview and concurrent record review with the DON on 9/6/24, at 2:52 p.m., the DON stated if Resident 1 refused to take lisinopril on 7/17/24 at 5:00 p.m., this should have been documented in the medical record. The DON reviewed Resident 1's medical record and confirmed there was no documentation that indicated Resident 1 refused lisinopril on 7/17/24 at 5:00 p.m. The facility's policy titled Administering Medications, dated 2001, indicated if a medication is withheld or refused, the individual administering the medication shall initial and circle the MAR space provided for that medication and dose. The facility's policy titled Documentation of Medication Administration, revised 11/2022, indicated to document the reasons why a medication was withheld, not administered, or refused.
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