title: Fluid balance charts: do they measure up?
abstract: Many current nursing activities are performed without regular reviews of their usefulness. The recording of fluid gains and losses on a fluid balance chart is one such activity. This article explores the practice of fluid monitoring on the wards of a university teaching hospital.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daffurn
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hillman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bauman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lum
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crispin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ince
mesh_terms: D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance