Patient weights: from physician complaints to improved nursing practice through quality improvement.
Identification of a patient-centered problem led the Quality Improvement Committee to the development of a standard of care and a concurrent clinical monitor. This project focused on nurses making an assessment when a patient's daily weight fluctuated more than 1 kg. Although the problem was patient oriented, the indicators of the concurrent monitor reviewed the nursing practice.
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D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D015430:Weight Gain; D015431:Weight Loss