Northside Health Care Nursing and Rehabilitation C

Northside Health Care Nursing and Rehabilitation C is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It looks like this is a very good nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable score. Based on our analysis, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. This nursing home is better in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

In addition to being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ government inspections recently. Its inspections are virtually perfect. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. While this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing grades are largely tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is more than the level of care offered by most facilities. Lastly, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Additionally, this facility also was given favorable short-term care grades this year. In fact, we gave it one of our stronger scores in that area, with a grade of B. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of physical therapy per week to its residents. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. It performed decently in this metric, with 46.1 percent of its residents able to return home.

Moving on to our last category, this nursing home was given a respectable long-term care rating. Although this is not quite as elite as many of its other scores, this is really not a major area of concern. In calculating our long-term care scores, we assess the assistance with daily living received by the facility's patients. After assessing the very respectable amount of nursing hours and other staffing provided by this facility, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. This combination proved to be effective as this facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.