Welcome to our ongoing series on the most frequently cited survey tags in long-term care. Today, we're shining a spotlight on one of the most scrutinized tags in nutritional care: F692 – Nutrition/Hydration Status Maintenance.

Whether you’re an Administrator, Director of Nursing, or front-line care provider, understanding how F692 is cited and how to prevent it is critical for resident well-being and survey success.

📌 What Is F692?
F692 focuses on the facility’s responsibility to maintain acceptable parameters of residents’ nutritional status—most often identified through unintended weight loss, hydration concerns, and nutritional risk factors.

Surveyors will investigate whether your facility consistently meets the six key elements of compliance. Let’s break them down.

🔍 6 Key Elements of Noncompliance
To cite a deficient practice at F692, a surveyor will generally find that the facility failed to do one or more of the following... Read more