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/resident/patient 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 VII 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:
- What should the CNA tell the client/resident/patient before adjusting the hospital bed?
- What information should be included about the bed when admitting a client/resident/patient?