what is the importance of measurement in the field of nursing?
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Accurate dosage of medicine, otherwise u will underdose, in which case the medicine does no good, or u may overdose and do further harm or actually kill the patient. Have u not heard of cc`s, drams, ounces, milligrams, etc, these r all measurements used in nursing.
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Direct measurement will be correct.\nPeople can be mistaken, or lie.\n\n;-D Where did you not learn to spell? Wow.
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Quantitative is something that you can measure with variable data. Exemple : lenght, weight, temperature, etc...\nin contrast Qualitative is not measurable but allows to differenciate.\nEx: country, day of the week, etc...
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International System of units\n\nfor length its the meter
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Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) is a method teachers use to find out how students are progressing in basic academic areas such as math, reading, writing, and spelling.
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To be totally honest, I can tell you as a Nursing student. Do NOT follow a chart that says you need to be a certain weight for your height. This isent considering all parts of you, such as you BMI. Although your P.E. teacher may want you to use the "chart" answer. I'd check out the following link. It may help :) Good Luck.
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I had to have a 3.00 to graduate from nursing with a BSN but I don't put my GPA on my resume and no one asks.  I think that experience and references and what they think of you in the interview are more important.  I think the only time GPA may be important is in your first application but even then I didn't put my GPA on the resume.  In some areas the need is so great that they are happy you are a graduate.
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Physics, major science dealing with the fundamental constituents of the universe, the forces they exert on one another, and the effects of these forces. \n\nMeasurement, finding the size or amount of some quantity, and expressing it as a number of defined units.All measurement is based on a comparison. In general, the thing to be measured is compared with something that has already been calibrated, or measured against a known reference. However, a measurement is not complete unless it includes a statement of its uncertainty, or the confidence one can have in it.\nUnits of Weight and Measurement\nImperial System\nAMOUNT NAME \nAngular or Circular Measure \n60 seconds = 1 minute (min) \n60 minutes = 1 degree \n30 degrees = 1 zodiac sign \n57.2958 degrees = 1 radian \n90 degrees = 1 quadrant or right angle \n360 degrees = 1 circle \nCubic Measure (Volume) \n1,728 cubic inches (cu in) = 1 cubic foot (cu ft) \n27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu yd) \n231 cubic inches = 1 US gallon (gal) \n277.27 cubic inches = 1 British imperial gallon (i gal) \n2,150.42 cubic inches = 1 US bushel (bu) \n2,219.36 cubic inches = 1 British imperial bushel (i bu) \nDry Measure (Capacity) \n2 pints = 1 quart \n8 quarts = 1 peck (pk) \n4 pecks = 1 bushel \nLinear Measure (Length) \n1,000 mils = 1 inch (in) \n12 inches = 1 foot (ft) \n3 feet = 1 yard (yd) \n5.5 yards = 1 rod (rd) \n40 rods = 1 furlong (fur) \n8 furlongs = 1 mile (mi) \n5,280 feet = 1 mile \n3 miles = 1 league (l) \nLiquid Measure (Capacity) \n4 fluid ounces (fl oz) = 1 gill (gi) \n4 gills = 1 pint (pt) \n2 pints = 1 quart (qt) \n4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal) \nMariners’ Measure \n6 feet = 1 fathom (fath) \n120 fathoms = 1 cable’s length (US Navy) \n1,852 metres = 1 nautical mile (n mi) \n1 nautical mile per hour (n mph) = 1 knot (k) \nPaper Measure \n25 sheets = 1 quire (qr) \n20 quires = 1 standard ream (rm) \n516 sheets = 1 printers’ ream \n2 reams = 1 bundle (bdl) \n4 bundles = 1 case (c) \nPrinters’ Measure (Typography) \n0.013837 inches = 1 point \n12 points = 1 pica \nSquare Measure (Area) \n144 square inches (sq in) = 1 square foot (sq ft) \n9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq yd) \n30.25 square yards = 1 square rod (sq rd) \n160 square rods = 1 acre \n640 acres = 1 square mile (sq mi) \nSurveyors’ Measure \n7.92 inches = 1 link (li) \n66 feet = 1 chain \n80 chains = 1 mile \nWood Measure \n144 cubic inches (1' x 1' x 1'') = 1 board foot (bd ft) \n16 cubic feet (4' x 4' x 1') = 1 cord foot (cd ft) \n8 cord feet = 1 cord (cd) \nWEIGHTS \nWeight (Apothecaries’) \n20 grains = 1 scruple (s ap) \n3 scruples = 1 dram (dr ap) \n8 drams = 1 ounce (oz ap) \n12 ounces = 1 pound (lb ap) \nWeight (Avoirdupois) \n27.3438 grains = 1 dram (dr) \n16 drams = 1 ounce (oz) \n16 ounces = 1 pound (lb) \n14 pounds = 1 stone \n100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt) \n8 stones = 1 long hundredweight \n(l cwt) \n2,000 pounds = 1 short ton (ST) \n2,240 pounds = 1 long ton (LT) or 20 (l cwt) \nWeight (Troy) \n24 grains = 1 pennyweight (dwt) \n20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (oz t) \n12 ounces = 1 pound (lb t) \n\nMiscellaneous Units\nWEIGHT/MEASURE UNITS \nAbsolute zero = -273.15o C (-459.67o F) \n1 atmosphere = 760 mm of mercury \n1 cup = 10 fluid ounces \n1 carat (international) = 200 milligrams (gem weight) \n1 megaton = 1,000,000 tons \n3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon \n1 angstrom unit = 0.1 nanometre \n1 bolt of cloth = 40 yards \n1 gross = 12 dozen, or 144 \n1 light-year = 9.46 x 1012 km \n(5.88 x 1012 mi) \n1 tablespoon = 1/2 fluid ounce
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Everyone has their own "performance measure" or some sort. Our community or society help by advertising them. Yes, it helps us measure ourself against the norm of society. \n\nYou judge yourself by Weight, for health.\nThe amount of MONEY , for your financial health.\nFor a man, The Length of your penis, for your sexual prowes.\netc\netc\n\nNot encouraging anyone to ignore these numbers that runs our life, but more like, try to understand further what it really means. \n\nYour Health is more important than how much you weight.. Your weight is only an indication of your health.
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Precision.\n\nPrecision and accuracy are both important, and are separate things. Precision is a measure of the number of significant digits in the reading. Accuracy is a measure of the correctness of the reading. \n\nIf you get on your bathroom scale and it reads 110.06875932,  you have a measurement with an unusually high degree of precision for a bathroom scale. It is totally inaccurate, however, if your real weight is 115.
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Nursing informatics is a whole subspecialty of nursing; in most facilities, charting is done on the computer, x-ray and lab results are retrieved electronically.
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The closer the measurement is to the actual dimension being measured, the better the measurement.  The more consistently the measurement is correct, the better the measurement.
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It is a system of measurement used to characterize the relative density of a substance X-rayed. Helps radiologist distinguish between air, fat, water, soft tissues, bones etc. on CT scans for example.
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It depends on what kind of nurse you are.  Unilike doctors, nurses do not specialize until after graduation.  In general, in the hospital environment, nurses monitor and assess the patients and inform doctors of any changes or complications.  Doctors write orders, and nurses carry out those orders.  Things such as medication administration, dressing changes, inserting IVs and catheters, drawing blood and the like.  Nurses are the front line.  We spend the most time with patients, know when things are going wrong, and are the first responders in an emergency.  Nurses also serve as advocates for their patients, and spend a great deal of time planning the best care, and teaching a patient and their family on diagnoses, and health maintancence.  I love being a nurse!
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There are some fields where accurate measurements are not possible.In such cases statistical tools are very useful;eg- significance testing & hypothesis could be very useful where the size of population is either very large or unknown.For this purpous various formulas have been derived.\nhence the statistical tools can be used to analyse situations like change in population after 10 years,degree of defects in blubs manufactured etc.
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I would recommend that you check out \nYoder-Wise, P. Leading and managing in nursing. by Mosby.\n\nAdditionally if you wanted research information done on this topic use \nwww.pubmed.com\n\nAs a nurse you will need to become intimately familiar with running searches on pubmed.
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Florence Nightingale- reduced war(Crimean War) time deaths but nearly 1/2, she did this by keeping the Hospitals clean, assessment,  she started Training for nurses to make the profession a respectable one for women. \nVirginia Henderson-defined nursing as "assisting individuals to gain independence in relation to the performance of activities contributing to health or its recovery". She was one of the first nurses to point out that nursing does not consist of merely following physician's orders... see link http://www.enursescribe.com/Henderson.htm\nDorothea Orem - http://members.aol.com/annmrn/nursing_portfolio_I_index.html\nSister Callista Roy- http://www.geocities.com/ninquiry2002/callistaroy\n\nMartha Rogers- http://www.nursingworld.org/hof/rogeme.htm\n\n\n** Hope this Helps**