Teaching Self-Management: How to Take a Daily Dry Weight

Hours: 0.13
# Course Code: REL-RTS-0-HIPDMDW

Daily weight monitoring is a key component of a patient’s ability to self-manage their heart failure and/or kidney disease. This video based course reviews with clinicians on how to instruct their patient in taking, monitoring, and maintaining their weight.

Course Description

Daily weight monitoring is a key component of a patient’s ability to self-manage their heart failure and/or kidney disease. This video based course reviews with clinicians on how to instruct their patient in taking, monitoring, and maintaining their weight.

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Course Details

Course Code: REL-RTS-0-HIPDMDW

Hours: 0.13

Type: Pro-On-The-Go

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2026

Outline:
What is Dry Weight?

How to Maintain Dry Weight

Guidelines for Daily Weighing

Tracking and Interpreting Weight Changes

Ensuring Understanding

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Writer: Laurel Koss, MS, OTR/L

Laurel Koss MS, OTR/L, attended the University of Pittsburgh and completed her Occupational Therapy degree from Duquesne University. With over 21 years in clinical occupational therapy settings, Laurel has experience in skilled nursing facilities, outpatient orthopedic and neurology, long term care, rehab, and acute care. She also has extensive training and experience in upper extremity amputee care, orthotics and prosthetics, and research and development. Laurel has been an adjunct professor for Saint Petersburg College and Nova Southeastern University, Tampa campus and is currently the lead occupational therapy writer for the Rehab team with Relias.

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Teaching Self-Management: How to Take a Daily Dry Weight

Daily weight monitoring is a key component of a patient’s ability to self-manage their heart failure and/or kidney disease. This video based course reviews with clinicians on how to instruct their patient in taking, monitoring, and maintaining their weight.

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$ 15.0 Paid $15.00

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