Facility Self-Assessment (Mock Survey) Tool - Nursing Home Help

F-494 Required Training NA. The facility must not use any
individual working in a facility as a nurse aide for more
than 4 months, on a full-time basis, unless that
individual has completed a training and competency
evaluation program or is deemed competent.
F-495 Competency. The facility must not use any individual
who has worked less than 4 months as a nurse aide in
that facility unless the individual:
1. Is a full-time employee in a State-approved training
and competency evaluation program;
2. Has demonstrated competence through satisfactory
participation in a State-approved nurse aide training
and competency evaluation program or competency
evaluation program; or
3. Has been deemed competent.
F-496 Registry Verification/Retraining.
1. The facility must receive registry verification that
the individual has met competency evaluation
requirements before allowing an individual to serve as
a nurse aide.
2. If 24 months have passed since an individual’s most
recent completion of a training and competency
evaluation program and paid nursing or nursing-related
services, the individual must complete a new training
and competency evaluation program.
F-497 Regular In-Service Education. The facility must
complete a performance review on every nurse aide at
least once every 12 months and provide regular inservice
education based on the outcome of these
reviews.
F-498 Nurse Aide Proficiency. The facility must ensure that
nurse aides are able to demonstrate competency in
skills and techniques necessary to care for residents’
needs, as identified through resident assessments and
described in the plan of care.
F-499 Staff Qualifications. The facility must employ on a
full-time, part time or consultant basis , professionals
who are licensed, certified, or registered in accordance
with applicable State laws, and necessary to carry out
all requirements.
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