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

Adjusting the hospital bed involves

- knowledge of a client’s/resident’s/patient’s position limits and restrictions
- the physician’s orders
- devices that may be needed to support a client in position
- observations to be reported and recorded
- bed in the lowest position upon completion of task
- wheels that are locked and cranks that are closed.

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

Process/Skill Questions:

- What should the CNA tell the client before adjusting the hospital bed?
- What information should be included about the bed when admitting a client?