Maintain care and security of the client’s/resident’s/patient’s personal possessions, as required by Virginia Board of Nursing regulation.

Maintenance should include

• taking inventory of personal possessions
• ensuring quality care of personal possessions
• placing personal possessions in a location designated by facility/home as safe
• handling protocol for missing or found client/resident/patient personal property.

Refer to Unit VI in Nurse Aide Curriculum Links to an external site., Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2018.

Process/Skill Questions:

• Why is it important to ensure quality care of a client’s/resident’s/patient’s personal possessions?
• What are the guidelines a CNA should follow to ensure the safe handling of a client’s/resident’s/patient’s valuables?
• Where is a record kept of a client’s/resident’s/patient’s personal possessions?
• How is a record of a client’s/resident’s/patient’s personal possessions obtained?
• What is the protocol to follow for personal possessions that have gone missing?