Wheel Chair Scale Donated by Volunteer Auxiliary

The CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin Volunteer Auxiliary recently made a donation of a Wheel Chair Scale to assist in-patient rehabilitation patients and nurses.

According to a press release, the scale is a $2,000 investment that is able to measure a patient’s weight while he or she remains sitting in a wheel chair.  Patients undergoing in-patient rehabilitation usually have unstable balance and gait which makes it difficult for nurses to record a correct weight.  An accurate measurement, thanks to the Wheel Chair Scale, provides nurses with additional information for early detection and nutrition management, avoiding unnecessary increases in a patient’s length of stay in the hospital.

Pictured above are:

Don Newland, Volunteer Auxiliary President; Jean Mizell, Volunteer; Mary Alexander, CNA; Cheng-Hsiang, SFASN; Terri Cornell, RN; Janet Knox, RN, Director of the Med-Surge and Rehabilitation Units; and Jane Newland, RN, are pictured with the new wheel chair scale.