Title: Assist a client/resident/patient with eating and hydration.
Course: Nurse Aide II (14051-II) > Section: Assisting with Nutrition

Assistance should include

- identifying dietary restrictions (if applicable)
- verifying the meal ticket with the care plan
- validating the meal ticket by asking the client/resident/patient to state their name
- serving and collecting diet trays
- setting up client/resident/patient trays
- distributing nourishments
- distributing drinking water
- feeding clients/residents/patients of all ages
- removing meal trays.

Refer to Unit VIII 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:

- Before serving a tray to a client/resident/patient, what should a CNA do?
- What observations should be made upon removal of a tray from a client/resident/patient?
- When would a CNA offer meal substitution or supplements?