Nursing home report
Registered name: MARION AND BERNARD L SAMSON NURSING CENTER
SAINT PETERSBURG, FL · Medicare-certified · 180 beds
Samson Nursing Center in Saint Petersburg, FL has an overall 3-star rating, with stronger staffing (4 stars) and quality measures (5 stars) but a weaker health inspection rating (2 stars). Reported nurse staffing is 3.91 hours per resident per day, slightly below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.9088 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.9088.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to properly screen residents for mental health or intellectual disability needs before or during admission. Cited March 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 645 — 42 CFR §483.20 — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to post its nurse staffing information every day, so families could not easily see daily staffing levels. Cited March 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 732 — 42 CFR §483.35(i) — S/S: F
The home failed to monitor antibiotic use properly. Cited March 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 881 — 42 CFR §483.80 — S/S: F
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited March 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited March 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: E
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 13 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
The most recent standard health inspection was more than two years ago.
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
