Avendelle Garner

The facility failed to ensure that one of three sampled staff members who administered medications had completed the required state-approved 5-hour or 15-hour medication aide training courses. While the staff member had completed clinical skills validation and a written exam, there was no documentation of the required training course completion in their personnel record.

The facility failed to ensure that one of three sampled staff members (Staff B) had completed the required state-approved 5-hour, 10-hour, or 15-hour medication aide training courses. While some training and exam records existed, there was no documentation of the required 5 or 15-hour training course completion.

The facility failed to ensure that one of three sampled staff members (Staff A) had completed a clinical skills validation for each medication administration task performed. Personnel records showed the staff member had completed training and passed the exam, but lacked the required clinical skills validation checklist.

The facility failed to ensure that staff members were competency validated for Licensed Health Professional Support (LHPS) tasks. Specifically, one of three sampled staff members lacked documentation of a competency checklist for applying ACE bandages, despite being tasked with applying wraps to a resident's lower extremities.

The facility failed to ensure that staff members were competency validated for Licensed Health Professional Support (LHPS) tasks. Specifically, one of three sampled staff members lacked documentation of a return demonstration for applying an ACE bandage, which was a required task for a resident with congestive heart failure.