Title: Assist a client/resident/patient with toilet use.
Course: Nurse Aide II Condensed (14051-II-A) > Section: Developing Basic Nursing Skills

Assistance should include helping a client/resident/patient

- get to the bathroom
- use the bedside commode
- use the bedpan
- use the urinal
- follow bowel/bladder program.

Refer to Unit VIII 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 situations should be considered when assisting a client/resident/patient with using the toilet?
- What special considerations are needed for cleaning toileting equipment?