State Findings:
Based on physician interview, nurse practitioner interview, staff interview, and record review the facility neglected 1 of 2 sampled residents (Resident #6) reviewed for pressure ulcers when the facility failed to assess excoriation to the sacrum for eight days after it was identified, failed to obtain treatment orders for ten days after the skin impairment was identified, and failed to enter and initiate the treatment orders provided by the Wound Nurse Practitioner (NP) for eleven days in response to deterioration of the sacral wound. These delays in wound assessment, initiation of wound treatment, and implementation of changes to the treatment process resulted in Resident #6’s sacral pressure getting larger, deeper, and developing a foul odor, with the resident eventually [MEDICAL CONDITION]. After discharge from the nursing home, tunneling (channels that extended from the wound into and through tissue and/or muscle) was identified in the resident’s sacral wound at the hospital, and Resident #6 passed away in hospice care with her death certificate [MEDICAL CONDITION] due to pressure ulcer as the immediate cause of death.
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