Inclusive Approach to Anthropometric Body Measurement Assessments

A short resource that teaches first-year nursing students how to take body measurements without the measurement becoming a moment of harm. The technique is deliberately informed by culture, race and ethnicity, gender, sex and sexual orientation, body size and type, and ability and disability. It is part of the first health assessment resource built on clinical judgment, with interactive activities and formative checks that train students to recognise cues, prioritise care and act, which is also what national licensing exams ask for. By Shelly Philip LaForest, Michelle Hughes and Lisa Seto Nielsen, Toronto Metropolitan University 2024, CC BY-NC licence.