Your HSR is your main point of contact regarding health and safety matters, so make sure you inform them of any concerns or safety issues. Having your HSR represent your work group can help because: 1  A HSR is likely to understand your views and concerns.
The State has the responsibility for certifying a skilled nursing facilityâs or nursing facilityâs compliance or noncompliance, except in the case of State-operated facilities. However, the Stateâs certification for a skilled nursing facility is subject to CMSâ approval.
In a skilled nursing facility, nurses and other. staff must be present twenty-four hours a day to provide care to residents.2. Generally, residents of skilled nursing facilities have the right to receive visitors and family members. have their own right to visit with residents.3 Family members of the resident may visit any time. They are. not bound by a facilityâs visitation hours policy.4 Long-term care ombudsman, the residentâs physician,