Title: Identify the role of the CNA's four senses in communication.
Course: Nurse Aide I (14051-I) > Section: Communicating in the Healthcare Environment

Identification includes

- sight
  - look for changes in client
  - report changes to the charge nurse
- hearing—listen to client and family
- touch
  - look for changes in client body
  - report changes to the charge nurse
- smell—report any unusual odor.

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 for a CNA to recognize changes in a client’s/resident’s/patient’s body?
- Why is it important to immediately report these changes?
- How should these changes be documented?