Title: Explain height and weight measurement for all age groups.
Course: Health Assisting Careers (14002-36) > Section: Assisting with Patient/Client Procedures

Explanation should include

- purpose of accurate height and weight measurement using metric, U.S. customary units, and conversion formulas
- use of chair, bed, physician's and digital scales for measuring height using metric, U.S. customary units, and conversion formulas.

For students taking the nurse aide credential at the end of the course, follow the Virginia Board of Nursing regulations: Commonwealth of Virginia Regulations Governing Certified Nurse Aides, Virginia Board of Nursing (https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Boards/Nursing/PractitionerResources/LawsRegulations/).

Process/Skill Questions:

- How do you convert U.S. customary units to metric measurements and vice versa?
- What is the procedure for obtaining height and weight?
- What type of scales would be used for a patient/client who is restricted to a bed? Who cannot stand?
- Why is it important for patients/clients to be weighed at the same time each day?
- Why is it important to document changes in weight? Where would you document it?
- Who would you notify of significant changes in weight?