Title: Maintain care and security of the client’s/resident’s/patient’s personal possessions, as required by Virginia Board of Nursing regulation.
Course: Nurse Aide I Condensed (14051-I-A) > Section: Relating to the Healthcare System

Maintenance should include

- taking inventory of personal possessions
- ensuring quality care of personal possessions
- placing personal possessions in a location designated by facility/home as safe
- handling protocol for missing or found client/resident/patient personal property.

Refer to Unit VI in Nurse Aide Curriculum, Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2018.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is it important to ensure quality care of a client’s/resident’s/patient’s personal possessions?
- What are the guidelines a CNA should follow to ensure the safe handling of a client’s/resident’s/patient’s valuables?
- Where is a record kept of a client’s/resident’s/patient’s personal possessions?
- How is a record of a client’s/resident’s/patient’s personal possessions obtained?
- What is the protocol to follow for personal possessions that have gone missing?