Weights on Pedi Patients

BaystateRN · Nov 10, 2003

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 · Nov 10, 2003

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 · Nov 14, 2003

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 · Nov 17, 2003

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