Deficiency tags › F0947
F0947
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Category: Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies. The wording is the CMS summary of the requirement; the full text is in the State Operations Manual, Appendix PP.
By state
"Share" is citations divided by the number of certified facilities in the state, so a value over 100% means more than one citation per facility on average.
| State | Citations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 128 | 20% |
| Missouri | 105 | 22% |
| Maryland | 73 | 33% |
| Illinois | 50 | 8% |
| California | 49 | 4% |
| Kansas | 49 | 17% |
| Virginia | 48 | 17% |
| Washington | 45 | 23% |
| Ohio | 41 | 4% |
| Nebraska | 39 | 22% |
| Oregon | 36 | 28% |
| Wisconsin | 36 | 11% |
| Michigan | 36 | 9% |
| Maine | 33 | 42% |
| Connecticut | 31 | 16% |
| New Mexico | 30 | 44% |
| Colorado | 28 | 13% |
| Texas | 27 | 2% |
| Louisiana | 24 | 9% |
| New Jersey | 21 | 6% |
| Massachusetts | 21 | 6% |
| New York | 19 | 3% |
| North Carolina | 16 | 4% |
| West Virginia | 16 | 13% |
| Iowa | 9 | 2% |
| Arizona | 9 | 6% |
| Delaware | 9 | 20% |
| Arkansas | 8 | 4% |
| Idaho | 6 | 8% |
| Minnesota | 6 | 2% |
| Tennessee | 6 | 2% |
| Florida | 5 | 1% |
| Vermont | 5 | 15% |
| Nevada | 5 | 8% |
| Georgia | 5 | 1% |
| Alabama | 4 | 2% |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 1% |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 24% |
| South Carolina | 4 | 2% |
| Utah | 4 | 4% |
| Indiana | 3 | 1% |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 4% |
| Kentucky | 3 | 1% |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 3% |
| South Dakota | 2 | 2% |
| Alaska | 2 | 10% |
| Montana | 1 | 2% |
| North Dakota | 1 | 1% |
| Mississippi | 1 | 0% |
Most recent citations
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Questions and answers
What does deficiency tag F0947 mean?
F0947 is cited when a nursing home fails to: Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. It falls under nursing and physician services deficiencies in the CMS requirements for long-term care facilities.
How common is F0947?
1,112 citations at 1,014 facilities (7% of all certified nursing homes) over the three most recent survey cycles; 0 were at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level.
Which states cite F0947 most?
Pennsylvania (128), Missouri (105), Maryland (73), Illinois (50), California (49).