Title: Promote a client’s rights to be free from abuse, mistreatment, and neglect, as required by Virginia Board of Nursing regulation.
Course: Nurse Aide I (14051-I) > Section: Relating to the Healthcare System

Promotion should include

- protecting clients/residents/patients from abuse, mistreatment, and neglect
- reporting any instances of abuse, mistreatment, and neglect to appropriate staff
- documenting reconciliation of abuse, mistreatment, and neglect
- avoiding the need for restraints in accordance with current professional standards
- understanding freedom from retribution.

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

Process/Skill Questions:

- How does a CNA report instances of abuse, mistreatment, and neglect?
- What does freedom from retribution mean?
- How does a CNA protect a client from abuse, mistreatment, and neglect?
- How does a CNA document instances of abuse, mistreatment, and neglect?