F-Tag F0728 — Facility Hiring and Use of Nurse Aide
Category: Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
F-Tag F0728 is a CMS skilled-nursing-facility regulatory requirement covering facility hiring and use of nurse aide. According to official CMS Health Deficiency data, this tag has been cited 249 times across 230 unique facilities. 5 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity. The top recorded severity for this tag is L.
Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.
Top-Cited States for F-Tag F0728
- Missouri — 96 citations
- New Jersey — 20 citations
- Texas — 14 citations
- Indiana — 14 citations
- California — 12 citations
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- 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)
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- F-Tag F0726 — 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. (2,611 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)