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Specializes in med/surg, new FNP.

Any good tricks to help remembering your metric convertions? Really hate these, they just don't want to stay in my head.

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Okay this is really kind of dumb, but it worked for me. I drew a picture of two worms. One I labeled inchworm for inches and then the other centipede for centimeters. On the centipede I drew 2 antennas first then I drew 5 legs and then 4 feet. If you follow the critter along from top to bottom you get 2.54. So one inch equals 2.54 cms. I have not forgotten it since I drew the little picture. I have really found drawing pictures helps me to visualize it and then I can remember it. I am not sure if that was what you were talking about for conversions. Or if you just meant metrics in general.

Teresa

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

No sort of memorization technique can be dumb!!

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Kinda like the terms "objective data" and "subjective data" i could NOT remember the difference!!! But i do now, since objective begins with an O, i remember it as "O i SEE it now", to remember objective data is the kind i am seeing and observing for myself :D

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