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Height Measurement Algorithm
Consider the algorithm for measuring human height as one of the basic skills that a nurse should have. Height measurement is one of the measuring methods of anthropometry. The purpose of this process - diagnostic - is to assess the physical development or dynamics of the patient's condition.
Indications for measuring height:
- control over the physical development of the patient (child, adolescent, adult);
- endocrinological diseases (obesity, osteoporosis, impaired pituitary functions);
- admission of the patient to the hospital;
- doctor's appointment.
