F-Tag F0947 — Required In-Service Training for Nurse Aides
Category: Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
F-Tag F0947 is a CMS skilled-nursing-facility regulatory requirement covering required in-service training for nurse aides. According to official CMS Health Deficiency data, this tag has been cited 1,044 times across 958 unique facilities. 1 citation has reached Immediate Jeopardy severity. The top recorded severity for this tag is K.
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Top-Cited States for F-Tag F0947
- Pennsylvania — 121 citations
- Missouri — 87 citations
- Maryland — 59 citations
- Virginia — 49 citations
- California — 45 citations
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