Title: (Optional) Transfer patient/client.
Course: Health Assisting Careers (14002-36) > Section: Providing for Basic Health Needs

Transfer should include following guidelines and patient/client care plan for

- using transfer equipment (e.g., transfer belt, gait belt, lift, wheelchair, sliding board)
- transferring patient/client with various physical disabilities (e.g., one-sided weakness, paralysis)
- transferring patient/client in various activities of daily living (e.g., moving to and from bath/shower, toilet, car, chair)
- observing mechanical lift.

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 should be communicated to a patient/client prior to and during a transfer?
- When would you use a sliding board to transfer a patient/client?
- What strategies can be used to avoid a fall during a transfer?
- How would you lower a patient/client safely to the floor in an emergency situation?
- When transferring a patient/client, why is it important to follow standard procedures exactly?