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Presentation
Session D-2: Don’t overdose the patient: A unit conversion literacy project
Professional Learning Day
  • Gary M. Baker, Northern Illinois University
  • David Anim-Addo, Elgin Community College
  • Patrick Young, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Session Number
D-2
Grade Level
Grade Levels: HS
Start Date
3-3-2017 12:45 PM
End Date
3-3-2017 1:45 PM
Keywords
  • unit,
  • conversion,
  • nursing,
  • chemistry,
  • dosage,
  • health
Description

General chemistry for non-science majors is often a prerequisite course for students pursuing degree programs in allied health fields, such as nursing. A core nursing skill is medicine management, which includes correctly calculating drug dosage volumes administered by I.V. or injection. Such calculations are nothing more than general chemistry problems involving concentration units and dilution. Our data show, however, that more than 90% of students lack this skill after taking a traditional general chemistry course. This presentation will focus on documenting this curricular gap and how we, as teachers, can address it.

Citation Information
Gary M. Baker, David Anim-Addo and Patrick Young. "Session D-2: Don’t overdose the patient: A unit conversion literacy project" (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/patrick-p-young/27/