Maintain a client’s/resident’s/patient’s environment, as required by Virginia Board of Nursing regulation.

Maintenance should include

• being familiar with the client/resident/patient unit
• being able to use equipment in the client/resident/patient unit
• providing a pleasant, clean, and safe environment for a client/resident/patient
• making an unoccupied bed
• making an occupied bed
• making a postoperative or recovery bed.

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

Process/Skill Questions:

• How should a CNA handle a client/resident/patient who hoards open food?
• What personal items might a client/resident/patient have in the room?
• What safety issues must be addressed in the client/resident/patient room?
• What accommodations should be made for a client/resident/patient with a physical and/or sensory impairment?