Authors

  1. Crawford, Jacqueline E. MS, RN, ACCNS-P, PCPNP-BC
  2. Garvin Coyne, Colleen MHA
  3. Calder, Katherine MSN, RN

Abstract

Noncompliance in obtaining daily weights leads to delays in establishing treatment and discharge plans in pediatric populations. An inpatient gastrointestinal and endocrine nursing unit aimed to increase compliance of obtaining daily weights from baseline of 38% to 80%. The time daily weights were obtained was changed from 8 AM to an interval of time 4 PM to 6 PM. The compliance rate increased to 96% and has been sustained at an average of 94% over 24 months. This report describes a low-risk intervention that took minimal effort to implement but yielded high results to exceed the goal.