F-Tag F0725 — Sufficient Nursing Staff
Category: Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
F-Tag F0725 is a CMS skilled-nursing-facility regulatory requirement covering sufficient nursing staff. According to official CMS Health Deficiency data, this tag has been cited 3,232 times across 2,403 unique facilities. 54 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity. The top recorded severity for this tag is L.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Top-Cited States for F-Tag F0725
- California — 320 citations
- Illinois — 296 citations
- Iowa — 249 citations
- Ohio — 187 citations
- New York — 182 citations
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- F-Tag F0727 — 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. (2,153 citations)
- F-Tag F0730 — Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. (1,439 citations)
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