Nursing Home Resident Dies After Family Calls 911 to Get Medical Help
State regulators ordered additional training after the board said the nurse delayed reassessing a resident in respiratory distress and the man later died.
- State regulators ordered additional training for Ursella Minnea Washington, a licensed practical nurse at Edgewater Active-Life Community in West Des Moines, after she allegedly failed to intervene when a resident was in respiratory distress.
- The Iowa Board of Nursing alleges Washington ignored a certified nurse aide's warnings about the resident's declining respiratory status, opting not to assess him over the next 45 minutes despite the CNA's concerns.
- A certified nurse aide eventually found the resident had a temperature of 102 degrees and oxygen saturation of only 75%, prompting the family to call 911 after Washington attributed concerns to equipment malfunction.
- Washington and the board recently agreed to a settlement imposing no penalties or license restrictions but requiring her to complete 30 hours of educational training on ethics and nursing assessments.
- The resident died in the hospital four days after admission on March 30, 2025, and state inspectors cited Edgewater for failing to provide treatment in accordance with professional standards, though they imposed no penalties on the facility.
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Edgewater Active-Life Community, a skilled nursing facility located in West Des Moines. (Photo via Google Earth)State regulators have ordered additional training for a nursing home worker accused of failing to intervene when a resident was in respiratory distress. The resident’s family allegedly had to call 911 to obtain medical assistance, and the resident subsequently died, according to state records. The Iowa Board of Nursing alleges that in …
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Edgewater Active-Life Community, a skilled nursing facility located in West Des Moines. (Photo via Google Earth)State regulators have ordered additional training for a nursing home worker accused of failing to intervene when a resident was in respiratory distress. The resident’s family allegedly had to call 911 to obtain medical assistance, and the resident subsequently died, according to state records. The Iowa Board of Nursing alleges that in …
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