The pediatric nurse performs a health assessment on a 9-year-old girl who weighs 23 kg and is 132 cm tall.How does the nurse document the patient's BMI?

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The BMI-for-age is calculated by dividing the weight (in kilograms)by the height squared (in meters).However,because most health-care providers obtain height in centimeters,an alternative calculation is to divide the weight (in kilograms)by the height squared (in centimeters),then multiply by 10,000.

The Pediatric Nurse Performs a Health Assessment on a 9-Year-Old