F-Tag F0726 — Competent Nursing Staff
Category: Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
F-Tag F0726 is a CMS skilled-nursing-facility regulatory requirement covering competent nursing staff. According to official CMS Health Deficiency data, this tag has been cited 2,611 times across 2,134 unique facilities. 187 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity. The top recorded severity for this tag is L.
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.
Top-Cited States for F-Tag F0726
- California — 652 citations
- Texas — 171 citations
- Pennsylvania — 137 citations
- Louisiana — 128 citations
- Massachusetts — 106 citations
Related F-Tags in Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
- F-Tag F0725 — Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. (3,232 citations)
- F-Tag F0732 — Post nurse staffing information every day. (2,832 citations)
- 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)
- F-Tag F0947 — Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. (1,044 citations)