Title: Assist a client in standing.
Course: Nurse Aide II Condensed (14051-II-A) > Section: Developing Basic Nursing Skills

Assistance should include

- ensuring a client is wearing nonskid footwear
- elevating the head of the bed
- folding top bedding back toward foot of bed
- helping a client in dangling
- taking a client’s/resident’s/patient’s pulse
- placing a client’s/resident’s/patient’s feet firmly on floor
- helping a client come to a standing position
- reviewing safety precautions
- describing observations of a client that should be recorded (e.g., change in skin color, pulse).

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

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the purpose of dangling a client’s/resident’s/patient’s feet before assisting with standing?
- Why is it important to check a person’s pulse as they change position?
- What safety precautions must be followed to ensure client safety?
- When would a transfer belt be used with a client?
- When would you use a gait belt with a client?