Title: Use assistive devices in transferring, eating, and dressing, as required by Virginia Board of Nursing regulation.
Course: Nurse Aide II Condensed (14051-II-A) > Section: Developing Basic Nursing Skills

Use should include

- caring for and using prosthetic and orthotic devices
- assisting with the application and removal of braces and prosthetic devices
- assisting with ambulating (e.g., using gait belt, cane, walker, or crutches)
- assisting in transferring (a client who can stand) from the bed to the chair and from the chair to the bed
- assisting with the use of a wheelchair, shower chair, medical-clinical recliner (e.g., geriatric chair), and bedside commode
- transferring a client (using a lift sheet) from the bed to the stretcher and from the stretcher to the bed
- transferring a client using a mechanical lift.

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

Refer also to Virginia Nurse Aide Candidate Handbook, Credentia, 2024.

Also see

Ergonomics Overview, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2011-3

Process/Skill Questions:

- What assistive devices are available to a client?
- What specific maintenance do assistive devices require?
- What are the proper operations of the various devices?
- Where does one find information about which devices are to be used for specific clients?