Title: Assist a client/resident/patient in sitting on side of bed.
Course: Nurse Aide II Condensed (14051-II-A) > Section: Developing Basic Nursing Skills

Assistance should include

- identifying the steps in sitting on the side of the bed
- assisting a client/resident/patient with exercises to perform while sitting on the side of the bed
- identifying the benefits of sitting on the side of the bed (dangling)
- identifying information from the nurse or nursing care plan
- assessing the vital signs.

Refer to Unit VIII 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 stimulates circulation while a client/resident/patient is sitting on the side of the bed?
- What does the CNA refer to before assisting a client/resident/patient to sit on the side of the bed?
- What position is the bed in when a client/resident/patient is sitting on the side of the bed, and why?
- What information needs to be recorded after a client/resident/patient sits on the side of the bed?