Viking Manor Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Viking Manor Nursing Home is a 45-bed government-run nursing home in Ulen, Minnesota. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.38 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 6% below the Minnesota average of 2.52, and 12.2% nursing staff turnover (Minnesota average 42.2%).
Viking Manor Nursing Home
317 First Street NorthwestUlen, MN 56585
Clay 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 Viking Manor Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.38 hours per resident per day, 6% below the Minnesota average. With about 42 residents a day, that works out to roughly 99 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Minnesota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.38 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.72 | 0.61 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.32 | 1.06 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.42 | 4.19 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.99 | 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
12.2% of nursing staff at Viking Manor Nursing Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Minnesota average of 42.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 40.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 11, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 health deficiencies (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. Viking Manor Nursing Home holds 5 of 5 overall; the Minnesota average is 3.2.
About Viking Manor Nursing Home
- Ownership: Government - City
- Legal name: City of Ulen & Municipal Liquor Store & Viking Manor
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 1, 1991
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Viking Manor Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Sunnyside Care Center Lake Park | 17.2 | 30 | 3.55 | 5.07 | 28.9% | 5 | None |
| Benedictine Care Community Ada | 19.6 | 49 | 1.85 | 3.16 | 60.4% | 1 | $154,460 |
| Mahnomen Health Center Mahnomen | 20.7 | 32 | 2.89 | 4.24 | — | 2 | $12,534 |
| Essentia Health Oak Crossing Detroit Lakes | 27.0 | 84 | 3.44 | 5.06 | 24.3% | 5 | $7,446 |
| Emmanuel Nursing Home Detroit Lakes | 27.6 | 57 | 2.38 | 4.57 | 48.7% | 3 | $53,847 |
| Bethany on 42nd Fargo | 27.9 | 116 | 3.71 | 5.19 | 59.0% | 5 | None |
| SMP Health - St Catherine North Fargo | 28.1 | 125 | 3.29 | 5.03 | 31.3% | 4 | $6,168 |
| Eventide Lutheran Home Moorhead | 28.5 | 145 | 3.44 | 4.88 | 32.2% | 4 | $24,128 |
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.