[pediRNCHAM]

I am updating my Pediatric P&P Manual for JCAHO review coming soon in December. I would like to know policy on other peds units/hospitals on frequency of weighing infants and children on acute care units. Our currently policy has us weighing every infant <1yoa every day. Not only does it not happen, it's not a reasonable expectation unless medically necessary. But I'm having a hard time find any literature to support the change in policy. My experience tells me that under 1 month of age, certainly daily weights are appropriate. Is there a standard of care out there for frequency of weights in pediatrics?

[BaystateRN]

We weigh just about all the babies on our floor every day. For the most part, the night shift does it somewhere between midnight and six am. When the child is a toddler, the adherence is not 100%. A lot of these kids sleep all night, and to wake them just to weigh them is so disruptive to already stressed parents. I think the six hour time frame gives everyone enough time to do the daily weights. I think it is important as the parents aren't always reliable about I's and O's.

[uk_nurse]

on our ward we weigh 3 times a week ,unless weight required frequently other reasons.
When the baby is at home parents usually go to the clinic once a week with their baby to be weighed, so i think 3 times a week is sufficient.

[nursash]

On my current acute care pediatric floor we wiegh all patients under a year old daily. If night shift does not get them done then they are done during the patient's bath. Other wise the only ones that get weighed are the gastro patients.

[uk_nurse]

I forgot to say that every patient that is admitted onto the ward we weigh them regardless