The nursing assistant enters a resident's room and detects an offensive odor. What is the best action for the nursing assistant to take?

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The nursing assistant (NA) should check around the resident's environment for the cause of the offensive odor and promptly remove and clean it. If the resident was incontinent, the NA should clean the resident and place clean linens as needed. If the trash is the source of the odor, then the NA should properly remove it. The NA would not ask the resident if the resident smells it too because that would be embarrassing and disrespectful to the resident. Spraying air freshener and airing out the room by opening the window only temporarily masks and dilutes the odor, which will soon return. Closing the door isolates the resident when the resident wants the door open and will not keep the odor in the room because the air circulates in the building.

The Nursing Assistant Enters a Resident's Room and Detects an Offensive