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
Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure physician orders for Lactulose (a
medication that helps prevent complications of liver disease and relieves constipation) were adhered to, for
one of two sampled residents (Resident 1) when:
Residents Affected - Few
1. Resident 1 did not receive a scheduled dose of Lactulose due to a family outing.
2. Nursing staff did not notify Resident 1's physician, when Resident 1 had less than three bowel
movements a day, on four separate occasions.
This failure placed Resident 1 at risk to have irregular bowel moements and other adverse reactions.
Findings:
1.During a concurrent interview and record review, on 10/3/23, starting at 12:57 p.m., with the Assistant
Director of Nursing (ADON 1), Resident 1's Medication Administration Record (MAR) was reviewed.
Resident 1's MAR indicated on 10/9/22, an active order for Lactulose Solution 10 GM (grams)/15 ML
(milliliters) Give 30 ml by mouth three times a day for Alcoholic liver cirrhosis (a condition where a person's
liver is scarred and permanently damaged). Resident 1's MAR indicated on 10/9/22, at 1:00 p.m., Resident
1 did not receive the prescribed dose of Lactulose. The ADON 1 verbalized Resident 1 had not received the
scheduled dose of Lactulose on 10/9/22, due to Resident 1 being outside of the facility, on a family outing.
The ADON 1 further verbalized, when residents leave the facility, such as for family outings, the nursing
staff can sometimes provide the family with the scheduled medications, or nursing staff can call the
physician to obtain a one-time order for the scheduled medication to be administered, when the resident
returns. When asked if the facility could provide documentation indicating the nursing staff provided
Resident 1's family with the medication, or that Resident 1's physician was contacted to obtain a new one
time order or instructions for the medication, post Resident 1's return to the facility, the ADON stated No
documentation found. The ADON 1 acknowledged facility records indicated Resident 1 received two doses
of Lactulose on 10/9/22, instead of the prescribed three doses.
2. During a concurrent interview and record review, on 10/3/23, starting at 12:57 p.m. with the ADON 1,
Resident 1's medication record was reviewed. Resident 1's Plan of Care Note dated 10/18/22, indicated in
part, Resident 1's physician (MD 1) had given a verbal order wherein ADON 1 wrote Lactulose 60 ml to be
given until 3 stools have been reached. I (ADON 1) explained to [MD 1] that per pharmacy max dose is to
be 180 ml. MD 1 stated that MD 1 was overriding pharmacy and it was okay to start giving (Resident 1) 60
ml of lactulose q (every) 6 hours to achieve three stools (bowel movements)/day if not we will notify him and
increase the times that it is being administered. Resident 1's MAR
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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
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Event ID:
555830
Printed: 05/15/2026
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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
555830
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
10/05/2023
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Lompoc Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
1428 West North Avenue
Lompoc, CA 93436
For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
(Each deficiency must be preceded by full regulatory or LSC identifying information)
F 0684
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
indicated an order starting on 10/18/22, for Lactulose Solution 10 GM/15 ML Give 60 ml by mouth four
times a day for Alcoholic liver cirrhosis Patient (Resident 1) to have 3 stools/day. Facility records including
both Resident 1's MAR and Resident 1's Documentation Survey Report (a form used by certified nursing
assistants to document various activities of daily living, including the frequency of bowel movements)
indicated on 10/19/22, 10/20/22,10/21/22, and 10/25,22, Resident 1 had less than three bowel movements
per day. When asked if MD 1 was ever notified on these dates, the ADON 1 verbalized MD 1's order was
incorrectly/incompletely transcribed into the MAR by ADON 1, so the nurses didn't know it was a
requirement to notify MD 1, when Resident 1 had less than three bowel movements a day.
During a review of the facility policy and procedure titled Verbal Orders dated 7/1/20, indicated in part The
individual receiving the verbal order will: a. read the order back to the practitioner to ensure that the
information is clearly understood and correctly transcribed.
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
555830
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