F-Tag F0731 — Waiver-Licensed Nurses 24Hr/Day and RN Coverage
Category: Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Official CMS facts
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According to the loaded CMS Health Deficiency records, this tag has 5 citations across 5 unique facilities. The top recorded severity is F.
Top-Cited States for F-Tag F0731
- Minnesota — 1 citations
- Nevada — 1 citations
- New York — 1 citations
- Texas — 1 citations
- Wisconsin — 1 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 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)
POCDesk summary and practical use
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Source, freshness, and limitations
CMS nursing-home Provider Data is the source for the descriptive citation counts above. Counts may change as CMS updates data, and missing measures remain unknown rather than zero. Read the governing 42 CFR Part 483 and POCDesk’s editorial standards.
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