anthropometry
Algorithm for measuring body weight
Let us analyze the algorithm for measuring body weight as one of the mandatory manipulations that a nurse of any profile should own. Body weight is determined for diagnostic purposes to assess physical development and evaluate dynamic changes in the patient's condition.
Indications for determining body weight:
- monitoring the physical development of a child, adolescent or adult;
- detection of deficiency or excess of weight;
- detection of hidden edema;
- observation of the dynamics of weight in the course of treatment of the cardiovascular, genitourinary, endocrine systems;
- admission of the patient to the hospital;
- doctor's appointment.
Height Measurement Algorithm
Consider the algorithm for measuring human height as one of the basic skills that a nurse should have. Height measurement is one of the measuring methods of anthropometry. The purpose of this process - diagnostic - is to assess the physical development or dynamics of the patient's condition.
Indications for measuring height:
- control over the physical development of the patient (child, adolescent, adult);
- endocrinological diseases (obesity, osteoporosis, impaired pituitary functions);
- admission of the patient to the hospital;
- doctor's appointment.
