Height, Weight & Waist Measurement Skills and BMI Assessment Study Questions
Terminology
What is meant by the terms: standing scale, stretcher and chair scales?
Assessment
Nurses always assess for significant weight losses or increases. Identify what a weight gain of 2.3 kg (5 lb) in one day may mean
3. How much weight loss is considered significant, in a month, and in 6 months?
One month? b. Six months?
Body Mass Index (BMI): Measures weight corrected for height and serves as an alternative for height/weight relationships. What is a healthy BMI?
Waist Circumference (WC): is a measurement used to determine health risk. What is the significance of waist circumference assessments?
What is a healthy waist circumference for men___for women ___?
Implementation
What is the proper technique for measuring a client’s weight? What is the proper technique for measuring a client’s height?
What is the proper technique for measuring a client’s waist?
Critical Thinking
Explain why it is important to weigh patients at the same time every day, on the same scale in the same type of clothing.
Complete the following 10 conversion exercises:
Show your work. DO NOT USE a Calcutor
Conversion Key:
1 pound =16 ounces 2.2 pounds = 1 kilogram 1 inch = 2.5 cm 1 cm = 10 mm
Mr. Smith weighs 240 pounds. How many kilograms does he weigh? _
Mr. Smith is 6 feet 4 inches tall. How many inches tall is he? _ How many centimeters tall is he? __
A man’s waist circumference is 40 inches or ___ cm?
A woman’s waist circumference is 8 cm or ____ inches?
14.8 inches = ________ cm?
6.5 cm = _____inches?
An infant weighs 10 pounds or __kilograms?
6.6 lbs, is __ kg
11 lbs, is _ kg
13 kg is _lbs
5 kg is _ lbs
