ALEXANDER "SANDY" NININGER STATE VETERANS NURSING

★ 2-star Government
3
Overall
2
Health inspection
5
Staffing
2
Quality measures

Facility details

CCN106038
Ownership typeGovernment - State
Legal business nameFLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
ChainFLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Certified beds120
Average residents per day113.1
Provider typeMedicare and Medicaid
Located in hospitalNo
First certified2001-09-06
Resident & family councilBoth
Sprinklers in all required areasYes
Changed ownership in last 12 monthsNo
Continuing care retirement communityNo
CountyBroward County

Staffing

Florida minimum staffing standard

Florida requires a weekly average of 3.6 hours of direct care per resident per day. This facility reports 5.62 total nurse staffing hours per resident per day — at or above that benchmark by 2.02 hours. CMS reported hours are an annual average and are not a compliance finding.

Nurse aide hours3.58
LPN hours0.97
RN hours1.02
Total nurse hours5.57
Weekend total nurse hours5.03
Total nursing staff turnover24.4%
RN turnover26.9%
Administrators who left0

Penalties & enforcement

$38,659
Total fines
1
Fines issued
0
Payment denials
DateTypeAmount
2025-01-09Fine$38,659

Health inspection citations

23
Total health citations
1
Actual harm or worse (G–L)
0
Immediate jeopardy (J–L)

Most recent citations (up to 40 shown):

DateTagCategoryScope
2025-07-020684Quality of Life and Care DeficienciesD
2025-01-090561Resident Rights DeficienciesD
2025-01-090585Resident Rights DeficienciesD
2025-01-090684Quality of Life and Care DeficienciesD
2025-01-090688Quality of Life and Care DeficienciesD
2025-01-090689Quality of Life and Care DeficienciesD
2025-01-090692Quality of Life and Care DeficienciesG
2025-01-090755Pharmacy Service DeficienciesD
2025-01-090761Pharmacy Service DeficienciesD
2025-01-090803Nutrition and Dietary DeficienciesE
2025-01-090804Nutrition and Dietary DeficienciesE
2025-01-090805Nutrition and Dietary DeficienciesE
2025-01-090812Nutrition and Dietary DeficienciesE
2025-01-090880Infection Control DeficienciesD
2025-01-090919Environmental DeficienciesD
2024-04-230684Quality of Life and Care DeficienciesD
2023-09-140690Quality of Life and Care DeficienciesD
2023-09-140759Pharmacy Service DeficienciesD
2022-05-050732Nursing and Physician Services DeficienciesD
2022-05-050758Pharmacy Service DeficienciesD
2022-05-050804Nutrition and Dietary DeficienciesD
2022-05-050806Nutrition and Dietary DeficienciesD
2022-05-050807Nutrition and Dietary DeficienciesD

Scope/severity: A–F no actual harm · G–I actual harm · J–L immediate jeopardy.

Ownership

CARTER, ALFREDCORPORATE DIRECTORNOT APPLICABLE
MILITELLO, LAWRENCEOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLNOT APPLICABLE
SCRIMA, DONNAOPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLNOT APPLICABLE
EVANCHO, WAYNEADP OF THE SNFNOT APPLICABLE
MILITELLO, LAWRENCEADP OF THE SNFNOT APPLICABLE

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