Woonsocket Health Center

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

Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

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

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

Designate a physician to serve as medical director responsible for implementation of resident care policies and coordination of medical care in the facility.

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

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

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

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

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

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

Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

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.

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.

Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.

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.

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

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

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