Wilkes Regional Medical Ctr SN: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Wilkes Regional Medical Ctr SN is a 10-bed nonprofit nursing home in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.80 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 20% above the North Carolina average of 2.34, and 30.8% nursing staff turnover (North Carolina average 49.0%).
Wilkes Regional Medical Ctr SN
1370 West D StreetNorth Wilkesboro, NC 28659
Wilkes 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 Wilkes Regional Medical Ctr SN, nurse aides logged 2.80 hours per resident per day, 20% above the North Carolina average. With about 8 residents a day, that works out to roughly 22 aide hours a day, or about 3 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | North Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.80 | 2.34 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.19 | 0.89 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.80 | 0.61 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.78 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.44 | 3.40 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
30.8% of nursing staff at Wilkes Regional Medical Ctr SN left over the year CMS measured, against a North Carolina average of 49.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 28.6%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 23, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 11 health deficiencies (North Carolina average 4.8). 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. Wilkes Regional Medical Ctr SN holds 2 of 5 overall; the North Carolina average is 2.9.
About Wilkes Regional Medical Ctr SN
- Ownership: Non profit - Other
- Legal name: WRMC Hospital Operating Corporation
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 9, 1991
- Located inside a hospital
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Wilkes Regional Medical Ctr SN
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Wilkesboro Health and Rehabilitation North Wilkesboro · staffing data not validated | 0.9 | 111 | — | — | 28.2% | 3 | None |
| Ridge Valley Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Wilkesboro | 1.2 | 120 | 2.52 | 3.18 | 33.8% | 1 | None |
| Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Wilkesboro · abuse citation | 1.6 | 176 | 1.94 | 3.09 | 29.0% | 2 | None |
| PruittHealth-Elkin Elkin | 19.5 | 100 | 2.25 | 3.72 | 31.5% | 3 | $15,734 |
| Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Taylorsville · abuse citation | 20.0 | 183 | 2.57 | 4.42 | 67.6% | 1 | $88,557 |
| Chatham Nursing & Rehabilitation Elkin | 21.9 | 99 | 2.24 | 3.60 | 34.8% | 5 | None |
| Lotus Village Center for Nursing and Rehabilitatio Sparta | 24.0 | 90 | 2.56 | 3.38 | 53.5% | 1 | $337,573 |
| Margate Health and Rehabilitation, LLC Jefferson | 24.7 | 210 | 2.09 | 3.52 | 54.5% | 3 | $28,973 |
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.