Four Chaplains Nursing Care Center

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Notify the appropriate authorities when residents with MD or ID services has a significant change in condition.

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Provide appropriate foot care.

Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.

Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.