Auditing the nursing standard for weighing patients on an acute medical unit.
This article describes an audit of a standard for observations and assessments introduced on an acute medical unit (AMU), one element of which was patient weight. It showed that only 50% of nurses routinely weighed patients as part of the admission process and/or as part of nutritional screening. Revisions were made to the existing nursing standard.
Lees
Liz
L
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham.
Allen-Mills
Gaynor
G
D001835:Body Weight; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D010343:Patient Admission; D006113:United Kingdom