Tell me about it:   A very time consuming process occurs when an aide weights each resident, writes down the current weight, and  then someone calculates weight loss or gain over time.  The algorithm or formula is not terribly difficult to follow, but the data management from weigh-in to weight-loss identification for 50-100 persons is very demanding of one's time.  The NurseWand™ Bar Code Scanner is used to gather the patient and weight information at the scale site.  Nothing is written down. Data is transferred to your computer and in under a minute, the clinical report as follows can be printed: