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Monitoring fluid balance helps monitor acute illness and early recognition of further deterioration. Fluid balance charts must be completed for the following patients unless a decision has been made otherwise by a medical/surgical team, senior registered nurse or outreach: Acute illness o Sepsis o Bowel obstruction
• All fluid balance charts should be completed with the date, patient’s name, hospital number, date of birth, ward, consultant, previous 24 hour fluid balance (if applicable), nurse on am, pm and night shift. • The standard fluid balance 24-hour total times within the Trust are 00.00 – 23.59.
Guide to documenting fluid balance. If patients meet the criteria for fluid balance, then they meet the criteria for accuracy! All members of the nursing team should be alerted to commencement of fluid balance monitoring. The Trust fluid balance monitoring on Nerve Centre should be used.
The amount of fluid going into your body and out of your body can be monitored using a fluid balance chart. The chart has two sides. The input side (what goes into your body) and the output side (what goes out of your body).
This document contains a 24-hour adult fluid balance chart used at Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. It records a patient's fluid intake and output over a 24-hour period, including goals for fluid input.
20 cze 2024 · What is fluid balance? The kidneys play an important role in controlling the amount of fluid in the body. They do this by removing any excess fluid in the form of urine. Depending on your level of kidney function, you may be passing more or less urine than usual. If you drink more fluid than you pass, then the excess fluid may build up in your ...
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE fluids replace the normal fluid content of oral food intake, insensible loss & urinary output and are prescribed to provide optimal hydration in patients unable to fully use the oral or enteral route.
