The Department substantiated the patient care complaint, as well as other violations of state licensing requirements. A Statement of Deficiencies has been issued by the Department of Health Services for violations of state licensing requirements. The state violations relate to requirements for meeting the needs of the patients, staffing by acuity, providing nursing care plans that address patient problems and needs, and implementing physician orders. The alleged rule violations resulted in a determination by the Department that immediate jeopardy existed at the time of the survey.
Immediate jeopardy requires the facility to implement immediate corrective action plans.
Mesa General Hospital immediately responded to a request by ADHS to meet and discuss the seriousness of the findings. In the meeting, ADHS presented a list of actions for the Hospital to implement to correct the immediate health and safety violations. Mesa General Hospital is cooperating with the Department and is implementing these recommendations. The Hospital also will be developing plans to correct other violations that are not health and safety related. The plan of correction must state how the correction is to be accomplished, who is responsible for implementing the corrective action, when the correction will be accomplished and what monitoring the facility will conduct to prevent the deficiencies from reoccurring.