Gundersen St Elizabeth's Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Gundersen St Elizabeth's Care Center is a 100-bed nonprofit nursing home in Wabasha, Minnesota. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.64 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% above the Minnesota average of 2.52, and 27.6% nursing staff turnover (Minnesota average 42.2%).
Gundersen St Elizabeth's Care Center
1200 Fifth Grant Boulevard WestWabasha, MN 55981
Wabasha County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Gundersen St Elizabeth's Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.64 hours per resident per day, 5% above the Minnesota average. With about 79 residents a day, that works out to roughly 209 aide hours a day, or about 26 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Minnesota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.64 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.86 | 0.61 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.69 | 1.06 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.19 | 4.19 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.80 | 3.71 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
27.6% of nursing staff at Gundersen St Elizabeth's Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Minnesota average of 42.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 36.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 10, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (Minnesota average 7.0). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Gundersen St Elizabeth's Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Minnesota average is 3.2.
About Gundersen St Elizabeth's Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Saint Elizabeths Hospital of Wabasha Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 14, 1986
- Located inside a hospital
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
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Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.