Title: Demonstrate principles of behavior management, as required by Virginia Board of Nursing regulation.
Course: Nurse Aide II Condensed (14051-II-A) > Section: Developing Basic Nursing Skills

Demonstration should include

- reinforcing appropriate behavior, causing the inappropriate behavior to be reduced/eliminated
- modifying one's own behavior in response to the behavior of a client/resident/patient
- diffusing or redirecting inappropriate behaviors.

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 are examples of reinforcing appropriate behavior?
- What are various methods used to deal with disruptive clients/residents/patients?
- What information could be obtained from the family in reference to a client’s/resident’s/patient’s behaviors?