SIERRA HEALTH CARE CENTER (T OR C, NM) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.790
New Mexico:	0.722

Number of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.440
State:	0.509

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	1.230
State:	1.227

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.100
New Mexico:	0.109

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.100
State:	0.113

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	5.4%
State:	12.4%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

Here:	17.0%
New Mexico:	9.1%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

Here:	8.4%
State:	3.6%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

This Nursing Home:	15.1%
State:	6.9%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

This Nursing Home:	2.0%
New Mexico:	6.2%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

Here:	5.6%
State:	4.1%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	66.7%
New Mexico:	87.6%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	33.3%
New Mexico:	81.5%

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	16.7%
New Mexico:	27.1%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	9.9%
State:	70.6%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	5.6%
New Mexico:	67.2%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	14.6%
State:	21.5%

Complaint Deficiency

Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Notify the resident or provide reasons for a transfer or discharge
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Fire-resistant interior walls
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Properly maintained smoke detectors
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Other fire safety features required by fire safety codes
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Many
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
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
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
A fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
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
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many

SIERRA HEALTH CARE CENTER - T OR C, NM

Staff Information

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

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