Resident was admitted to the nursing home without any pressure ulcers. Within several months thereafter, she was permitted to develop a stage IV ulcer to her left outer heel with bloody drainage and necrotic tissue, a stage IV ulcer to…
Nursing home resident was to receive Lortab 5/500 every six hours for pain and 10 mg of morphine every four hours for pain not relieved by the Lortab. A nurse at the nursing home unknowingly administered fifteen times the correct…
The resident was identified as a high fall risk on admission to the nursing home. He was, by order, to wear hip pads at all times and was to be placed in a gerichair only if the chair was equipped…
An 87-year old assisted living resident fell and sustained hip and elbow fractures while walking from her bed to the bathroom. The resident was documented by the facility to be independent in her ambulation at the time of the fall…
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