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In collaboration with The Seattle Times, Big Local News is providing full-text nursing home deficiencies from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These files contain the full narrative details of each nursing home deficiency cited regulators. The files include deficiencies from Standard Surveys (routine inspections) and from Complaint Surveys. Complete data begins January 2011 (although some earlier inspections do show up). Individual states are provides as CSV files. A very large (4.5GB) national file is also provided as a zipped archive. New data will be updated on a monthly basis. For additional documentation, please see the README.

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rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
100 GOLDEN CREST NURSING CENTRE 415029 100 SMITHFIELD ROAD NORTH PROVIDENCE RI 2904 2019-02-07 550 D 0 1 D0BG11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on surveyor observations, record review, and staff interviews, it was determined that the facility has failed to ensure a resident's dignity was maintained relative to administering insulin in a common area for 1 of 2 sample residents observed (Resident ID#101). Findings are as follows: Surveyor observations on 2/5/2019 at 8:28 AM and 2/7/2019 at 8:03 AM revealed Staff Nurse A administer an insulin injection to Resident ID#101 who was sitting in the common area with approximately 18 residents present in the room. The nurse lifted the resident's clothing and administered the injection into Resident ID#101's thigh on both occasions. Record review for Resident ID#101 revealed [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. A 1/25/2019 quarterly Brief Interview for Mental Status score of 3 out of 15, indicating severe cognitive impairment. The Medication Administration Record [REDACTED]. During surveyor interviews with Staff Nurse A on 2/5/2019 at 8:50 AM and 2/7/2019 at 8:29 AM, she revealed she administers insulin to Resident ID#101 in the common area. During a surveyor interview with the Assistant Director of Nursing Services on 2/7/2019 at 9:25 AM, she revealed that privacy should be provided when administering injections and that the resident's dignity must be maintained. 2020-09-01