Title: Demonstrate reality-orientation techniques.
Course: Nurse Aide II (14051-II) > Section: Developing Basic Nursing Skills

Demonstration should include

- keeping a calendar and clocks with large numbers in the client/resident/patient room and nursing area
- reminding a client/resident/patient of holidays, birthdays, and special events
- calling a client/resident/patient by name
- having a client/resident/patient wear eyeglasses and hearing aids, as needed
- providing newspapers, magazines, TV, and radio
- maintaining the day-night cycle
- speaking in a calm, quiet, and caring manner
- asking simple questions and allowing client/resident/patient time to respond.

Refer to Unit IX in Nurse Aide Curriculum (https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/media/dhpweb/docs/nursing/forms/education/NurseAide_Ed_Program_Curriculum.doc), Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2018.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is sun-downing, and how can it be prevented?
- What measures can be used to manage agitation and restlessness?
- How can the family be involved in reality orientation techniques?