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Measuring Height and Weight

Measuring Height and Weight. The resident’s weight , compared with the height , gives information about his/her nutritional status and changes in the medical condition. Measuring Height And Weight. Baseline measurement obtained on admission and must be accurate.

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Measuring Height and Weight

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  1. Measuring Height and Weight Nursing Fundamentals 7243

  2. The resident’s weight, compared with the height, gives information about his/her nutritional status and changes in the medical condition. Nursing Fundamentals 7243

  3. Measuring Height And Weight • Baseline measurement obtained on admission and must be accurate. • Other measurements obtained as ordered. Nursing Fundamentals 7243

  4. Measuring Height And Weight(continued) • Height measurements • Feet • Inches • Centimeters • Weight measurements • Pounds • Ounces • Kilograms Nursing Fundamentals 7243

  5. Measuring Height and Weight(continued) • Reasons for obtaining height and weight • Indicator of nutritional status • Indicator of change in medical condition • Used by doctor to order medications Nursing Fundamentals 7243

  6. SPECIAL CASE FOR HEIGHT MEASUREMENT • Residents who are contractured or • Residents who cannot stand • Must be measured using a tape measure Nursing Fundamentals 7243

  7. Measuring Height and Weight(continued) • Use same scale each time • Have resident void, remove shoes and outer clothing • Weigh at same time each day • Guidelines for weighing residents Nursing Fundamentals 7243

  8. Measuring Height and Weight(continued) • Scales • Remain more accurate if moved as little as possible. • Various types of scales • bathroom scale • standing scale • scales attached to hydraulic lifts • wheelchair scales • bed scales Nursing Fundamentals 7243

  9. 4.01 BM #4 HEIGHT AND WEIGHT

  10. 4.01 QUESTIONS FOR BM #4 • Why is it important to weight a resident the same time, in the same clothes on the same scale? • The resident’s weight, compared with the height, gives information about his/her nutritional status and changes in the medical condition. What does this mean?

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