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BMI is calculated on admission for all
patients. Other nutritional scores are collected as well. All
of the scores are pulled to a report. The dieticians follow-up and make
additional calculations and entries into the NUR module as appropriate for the
patient. We have a standard WNL for MAE. If
the patient does not MAE, what is abnormal is defined. A report could be
generated that pulls together the information (including diagnosis for
anascara) for the dieticians. From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patty Ianucci Hi, We have had a physician request that the
BMI be collected/calculated. It was recommended that this be done on
admission. After speaking with our RDs in the Nutrition Department, they
said there is a lot more that goes into this and that the BMIs are not valid
for certain populations (amputees, anasarca etc). We were wondering if facilities have had
this request, if nursing was documenting the BMI and if you had similar issues? Thanks very much, Patty |
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