Title: (Optional) Provide skin care.
Course: Health Assisting Careers (14002-36) > Section: Providing for Basic Health Needs

Provision includes monitoring skin breakdown and should also include

- measures for maintaining skin integrity
- explanation of measures to prevent skin breakdown
- identification of stages of skin breakdown
- explanation of treatment of skin breakdown.

For students taking the nurse aide credential at the end of the course, follow the Virginia Board of Nursing regulations: Commonwealth of Virginia Regulations Governing Certified Nurse Aides, Virginia Board of Nursing (https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Boards/Nursing/PractitionerResources/LawsRegulations/).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What methods would you use to inspect a patient’s/client’s skin?
- What mechanical aids are used to prevent skin breakdown? How are they used?
- What conditions require reporting a developing skin breakdown?