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Weekly Weights

I am having a hard time getting the nurses to pay attention to getting the weekly weights done. I've told them more than once but for some reason, they think they are too busy. The system is in place....weights on shower day. It's not a difficult concept. Any ideas? How do you all deal with this? I'm really close to just writing them all up.

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    I'm going to make a suggestion, but not sure if it is really appropo. Could you focus on one or 2 of the worst offenders, sit down and get them to verbalize why wts are imp't and not just another thing to get nagged abt. Heart status and nutrition, requirements by licensing agencies.

    Don't know if that will help, but, @ least it's one approach. I worked NICU-daily wts were expected, and you better have a dang good reason not to do them. Baby too sick? Bed scales.

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    I had a chat with the aides yesterday. A firm chat...not yelling but they got the point.

    Amazingly today all the weights were done! Maybe they just need a little push every now and then. I'll see how it goes next week. Thanks for all the suggestions.

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    weights are often looked at as just another pia

    many floor staff don't realize how important weights are

    or what a significant change is over a month et over a 3 months period

    i suggest inservices and a program that has incentives as well as consequences

    getting the staff to obtain the weights is less than half the battle

    getting correct weights is an even bigger challenge

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    Honestly, the worst thing about being a long term nurse is being responsible for 'others' work when you have such a hard time getting 'your' work done. It is possible to be buried alive in your duties so much so that you don't even see the care they give. That's frustrating. Being 'charge' in LTC is a position with very little decision making power - always stuck in the middle. I absolutely think that the aides should be held accountable. License or no, they have a job to do, they need to do it.

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