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health advisory Hospital Doctor Yu 2007-11-8 19:08:07

how is math subject related to a nursing student course?

Answers:

because you have to be able to do simple math to measure dosages of medicine.

you will also use simple multiplication to take respriation. for instance: 8 breaths in 15 seconds equals 120 respriations per minute.

next!

-eagle

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So you don't kill or injure someone because you screw up a dosage.

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haha, I don't want u to be my nurse and have to inject me with meds according to my weight or height!

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Basic math is!

Dosage, test readings, measurements, conversions (from metric to FPS and vice versa), lab analysis etc.

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so you can keep up with temperatures and blood pressures

not to mention helping patients with their homework

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Say you are to give a patient a 15% drug solution but all you have is a liter of 20% solution. How much pure water do you need to add to get a 15% solution?

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