Apple Rehab Clipper

Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.

Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.

Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.

Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.

Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.

Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.

To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.