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

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

- maneuvering manual wheelchair
- maneuvering motorized wheelchair
- adjusting wheelchair parts
- propelling wheelchair on different types of surfaces.

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 environmental adaptations are available in the community to accommodate wheelchair users?
- How can a person in a wheelchair safely get in and out of a car? Go up a curb? Enter and use a public bathroom?