Good Samaritan Society - St James

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

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

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

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

Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.

Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.

Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.

Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.