BRISTOL NURSING HOME - BRISTOL, TN

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Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly hold, secure and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Some (Actual harm)

Provide proof that all residents' personal money which is deposited with the nursing home, is secure: Some (Actual harm)

Fire-resistant room wall surfaces: Some (Actual harm)

A separate and independent backup electrical power source: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly constructed linen or trash chutes: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Assist those residents who need total help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Fire-resistant room wall surfaces: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Posted No-smoking signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or did not provide ashtrays where smoking was allowed: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly protected cooking facilities: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor and a family member of the resident of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident: Some (Actual harm)

Keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Allow residents to easily view the results of the nursing home's most recent survey: Many (Potential for minimal harm)

Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property: Some (Actual harm)

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide adequate and comfortable lighting levels in all areas: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Assess the resident when the resident enters the nursing home, in a timely manner: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured: Some (Actual harm)

Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores: Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function: Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents: Some (Actual harm)

Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have enough nurses to care for every resident in a way that maximizes the resident's well being: Some (Actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep all essential equipment working safely: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Be administered in an acceptable way that maintains the well-being of each resident : Some (Actual harm)

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action: Some (Actual harm)

Fire-resistant room wall surfaces: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Restrictions on the use of highly flammable materials: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure each resident has the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules and health care according to his or her interests, assessment, and plan of care: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that residents are safe from serious medication errors: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Post nurse staffing information/data on a daily basis: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide or obtain dental services for each resident: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide at least one room set aside to use as a resident dining room and for activities, that is a good size, with good lighting, air flow and furniture: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Employ or obtain outside professional resources providing services in the nursing home that meet professional standards: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

• BRISTOL HOME HEALTH SERVICES (1.66 miles)
• CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, THE (3.36 miles)
• DIVINE HOME CARE, INC (2.01 miles)
• FMC BRISTOL (2.05 miles)
• WELLMONT HOSPICE (2.49 miles)