F 0658
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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 follow physician's orders for one resident (Resident 1) of
two sampled residents when licensed nurses did not communicate Resident 1's treatment orders written by
a Wound Care Physician Assistant (PA - a licensed medical professional whose duties include ordering
labs, medications, and treatments) for a wound on the left heel to the Attending Physician (a physician who
is responsible for a patient's care in a hospital or skilled nursing facility) for approval and a signature.
Residents Affected - Few
This failure decreased the facility's potential to ensure Resident 1's wound care treatments were ordered
and carried out.
Findings:
A review of Resident 1's admission record indicated he was admitted on [DATE] with relevant diagnoses
including: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (a disease that occurs when blood sugar is too high) with Diabetic
Polyneuropathy (a complication of diabetes that affects nerves that branch out from the spinal cord to the
arms, hands, legs, and feet), Unspecified Severe Protein-Calorie Malnutrition (a nutritional status in which
reduced availability of nutrients leads to changes in body composition and function), Essential
Hypertension (a condition where blood pressure is elevated and there is no clear cause), Chronic
Congestive Heart Failure (a long-term condition where the heart cannot pump enough blood throughout the
body), and Peripheral Vascular Disease (a condition in which narrowed blood vessels reduce blood flow to
the arms and legs).
A review of Resident 1's clinical record included the following documents:
A Skin and Wound Evaluation, dated 8/14/24, indicated Resident 1 was admitted to the facility with a stage
3 pressure wound (a deep wound that extends through the entire thickness of the skin) on his coccyx (a
small bone located at the end of the spine).
A Skin and Wound Evaluation, dated 8/15/24, indicated Resident 1 was admitted to the facility with a
suspected deep tissue injury (a pressure injury where the underlying tissues are damaged without a visible
open wound, often appearing as a purple or maroon discoloration on intact skin) on the left heel.
A Progress Note written by the Wound Care PA on 9/11/24 indicated, debridement was performed today on
the left heel wound .For the left heel wound add bacitracin [an ointment used to treat skin infections] to the
treatment .
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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:
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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
555703
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
01/22/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Ridgeway Post Acute
523 Hayes Lane
Petaluma, CA 94952
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
Residents Affected - Few
A Progress Note written by the Wound Care PA on 10/16/24 indicated, wound bed noted with more slough
[a layer of dead tissue that separates from the underlying healthy tissue], increase dressing frequency
.Obtain wound culture please.
An Order Summary Report, dated 9/11/24 through 12/1/24, did not include an order for bacitracin to be
applied to the left heel nor a wound culture of the left heel.
A Treatment Administration Record (TAR), dated September 2024 and October 2024 did not include
bacitracin as a treatment administered to Resident 1's left heel.
During an interview on 1/22/25 at 11 a.m., the Director of Nursing (DON) confirmed Resident 1 did not have
an order for or results of a wound culture in his clinical records. The DON further stated it was the
responsibility of the treatment nurse (the nurse responsible for accompanying with Wound Care PA to
assess and treat residents) to report to and follow up with the Attending Physician when new wound care
orders were received from the PA.
During an interview on 1/22/25 at 12:44 p.m., Licensed Nurse A (LN A) stated the Wound Care PA ordered
a wound culture if something questionable was observed during a wound assessment. LN A stated the
usual process included the Wound Care PA verbally communicating with the treatment nurse during rounds
or via e-mail transmission of the Wound Care PA's progress notes.
During an interview on 1/23/25 at 11:16 a.m., Licensed Nurse B (LN B) stated the usual procedure had
been for the Wound Care PA to communicate new orders to the treatment nurse either verbally or via e-mail
transmission of the Wound Care PA's progress notes. LN B stated an order for a topical treatment (such as
bacitracin) would have been in the TAR if the order was placed. LN B stated if no record was found for
bacitracin, it meant the order had not been entered in the electronic medical system.
During an interview on 1/23/25 at 11:30 a.m., Licensed Nurse C (LN C) stated if a wound care order from
the Wound Care PA had not been communicated to the Attending Physician via electronic medical records
or in person, then the physician's orders had not been followed. LN C further stated nurses were required to
follow physician's orders.
In an interview on 1/23/25 at 12:11 p.m., the Attending Physician confirmed it was not his standard practice
to read the wound care notes. The Attending Physician also verified the Wound Care PA did not put orders
into the electronic record system but instead communicated orders to the nursing team which then
communicated those orders to the Attending Physician.
A review of the facility's Policy & Procedure (P&P) titled Verbal Orders dated 2001 indicated, Verbal orders
shall only be given .when the attending physician is not immediately available to write or sign the order
.Verbal orders are those given by an authorized practitioner directly to a person authorized to receive and
transcribe orders on his or her behalf .The individual receiving the verbal order must write it on the
physician' order sheet as ' v.o.' (verbal order) .The individual receiving the verbal order will .read the order
back to the practitioner to ensure that the information is clearly understood and correctly transcribed .record
the ordering practitioner's last name and his or her credentials (MD [Physician], NP [Nurse Practitioner], PA,
etc.); and .record the date and time of the order .The practitioner will receive and countersign verbal orders
during his or her next visit.
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
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Event ID:
Facility ID:
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