Title: Assist with alternatives to restraints.
Course: Nurse Aide II (14051-II) > Section: Developing Basic Nursing Skills

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 to place and time.

Refer to Unit IV in Nurse Aide Curriculum, Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2023.

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?