Assistance should include
- meeting the client's/resident's/patient's basic needs
- using diversions such as music and television
- maintaining habits and routines
- keeping signaling devices within reach
- explaining procedures
- orienting the client/resident/patient to place and time.
Refer to Unit IV 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:
- Who can apply restraints?
- What are the risks of restraint use?
- Why are alternatives to restraints used?
- What government agencies have developed guidelines for alternatives to restraints and restraint use?