Title: Demonstrate communicating with a visually impaired client.
Course: Nurse Aide I (14051-I) > Section: Communicating in the Healthcare Environment

Demonstration includes

- identifying any assistive devices a client uses
  - glasses
  - special lighting
- knocking on the door and introducing oneself when entering the room
- positioning so that a client is not looking into a bright light or bright window
- positioning oneself in a client’s/resident’s/patient’s line of sight
- ensuring adequate light in the room
- encouraging a client to wear glasses
- using numbers on the face of a clock to describe the location of items
- moving items only with permission.

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

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is it important to face a client and speak clearly and slowly?
- Why is it important to be familiar with any assistive devices a client uses?
- What is included in the maintenance, use, and storage of visual aids?
- Why is it even more important to identify oneself immediately upon entering the room when a client is visually impaired?