Iowa Veterans Home

Clinical Quality Measures

• Long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

  1.9%

  national median 0.9%

  worse than the national median

• Long-stay residents experiencing falls with major injury

  3.3%

  national median 2.8%

  near the national median

• Long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened

  9.3%

  national median 12.5%

  better than the national median

• Long-stay residents with pressure ulcers

  2.4%

  national median 4.2%

  better than the national median

• Long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

  19.5%

  national median 13.4%

  worse than the national median

Source: CMS MDS quality measures (four-quarter average).

Nurse Staffing

Nurse staffing per resident per day

4.7 hours

IA average: 3.8 hours · National: 3.9 hours

All nursing staff combined: RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nurse aides.

Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day

0.9 hours

IA average: 0.7 hours · National: 0.7 hours

RN hours only — the most highly trained nursing staff.

Weekend nurse staffing per resident per day

4.1 hours

IA average: 3.4 hours · National: 3.4 hours

Total nurse staffing on Saturdays and Sundays, when staffing typically dips.

Nursing staff turnover in the past year

24.7%

IA average: 44.0% · National: 45.8%

Share of this facility’s nursing staff who stopped working there over 12 months.

Reported by facilities through CMS's Payroll-Based Journal system. Facility values and the state/national averages are shown exactly as CMS publishes them. More staffing hours are generally better; lower turnover is generally better.

Ownership

Ownership type

Government - State

CMS has not published detailed ownership records for this facility.