Title: Adjust side rails.
Course: Nurse Aide II (14051-II) > Section: Developing Basic Nursing Skills

Adjusting the side rails of the bed involves

- knowledge of the facilities rules regarding side rail use
- a client’s/resident’s/patient’s level of mobility
- a client’s/resident’s/patient’s orientation to time, place, and person.

Refer to Unit VII in Nurse Aide Curriculum (https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/media/dhpweb/docs/nursing/forms/education/NurseAide_Ed_Program_Curriculum.doc), Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2018.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the facility procedures regarding the use of side rails?
- How might a side rail be beneficial to a client/resident/patient?
- How might a side rail cause a risk of falls to a client/resident/patient?
- When is a side rail considered a restraint?