Question

describe in step by step format how to assess the height and weight of a preschool child. how you would accurately achieve this information?

describe in step by step format how to assess the height and weight of an adolescent. how you would accurately achieve this information?

Answer 1

Measuring the height and weight of the preschool child:
- Remove the child's shoes, heavy clothes that interfere with the weight of the child.
-Measure the height from flooring, not from the carpet.
-make the child stand against the flat surface against the wall with on molding.
-ask the child to stand with feet flat, together against the wall.
-make sure the child is looking straight and the line of sight is parallel with the floor.
-make sure the child's head, shoulder, buttocks, and heels touching the flat surface(wall)
-use a flat headpiece at a right angle with the wall and lower the headpiece until it touches
the crown of the head.
-make sure the measures eyes at the headpiece.
-mark the headpiece of the bottom that meets the wall. use a measuring tape to measure from the base
on the floor to the marked measurement on the wall for height measurement.
- accurately record the height to the nearest 0.1 cm.
Weight measurement:
- place the digital scale on the floor
-ask the child to remove the shoes and heavy clothing.
-have the child stand with both feet in the center of the scale.
-record the weight to the nearest decimal fraction.
-if the weight scale is not digital make sure the needle of the scale is at 0 levels when measuring the weight.
we can accurately measure weight and height every morning after the empty bladder, it is common to estimate
the weight based on age than the pediatric life support method systematically measure the weight and height of the child.
Ask parents support to achieve this information.
Adolescents:
Measuring the height and weight of the adolescent's process is the same as preschoolers.
provide instructions to the adolescents before measuring the height and weight.
To measure the weight place the electronic scale on a flat, level surface.
check the weight reading to zero.
ask the adolescents to remove the heavy objects and sweaters, shoes.
ask them to stand in the middle of the scales surface.
record the weight to the nearest 100g.
height measurement is same as preschool height measurement.
Instruct the adolescents to make cooperate and make sure they correctly follow the instructions.
In the case of obese adolescents' height and weight as a primary measure of body mass index due to resource limitation and feasibility.