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1. The Nursing Math Thread

   gabifla replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

   Well the 0.5 is only part of coming to the .45%....0.9% also has to be considered which is where the .45% comes from....multiplying the two values 0.5 X 0.9= .45%............And the way they tell you to solve for the problem using the formula method ...

2. The Nursing Math Thread

   gabifla replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

   Also on this site http://www.alysion.org/dimensional/analysis.htm#guide it says that you must first take a % and make it into a workable math term ie; such as a decimal which is what I was trying to accomplish by doing the problem with .... .5 x .9g ...

3. The Nursing Math Thread

   gabifla replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

   Beth, I am not trying to put the percent into the problem or to be contrary...the way it is written on www.dosagehelp.com is what I posted previously, that 0.9% is the amount in NS..I copied that from their site as well as the question......and if th...

4. The Nursing Math Thread

   gabifla replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

   Maybe like this? I am assuming that the .9 is grams of NaCl being added to the 1/2 (.5) NS to make up the 100% that is the solution. 700ml .9 g. x .5 NS = 315 ------- X --------- ------ = 3.2 grams 100ml ...

5. The Nursing Math Thread

   gabifla replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

   Okay......I ended up coming up with the same answer using DA (a short cut version since I am not sure how to put the changing of the % to DA that came up with the .45 that was mentioned above) So this is what I came up with... 700ml .45 ...

6. The Nursing Math Thread

   gabifla replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

   beth, I am thinking that since they are looking for the NaCl in that question they are looking for grams to determine how much dry/powdered NaCl went into the Normal Saline to reconstitute it...so that is where the grams come in and why that is what'...

7. The Nursing Math Thread

   gabifla replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

   Thank you again, that does seems to make it a bit more clear...At least now I can tell where the half is being subtracted from :)..and on that site they have the answers in that section all set up to come out to grams for some reason( http://www.dosa...

8. The Nursing Math Thread

   gabifla replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

   beth, Thank you for trying:nurse:......according to http://www.dosagehelp.com NS is 0.9%..............(from their site- NS: Normal Saline (0.9% NaCl) ) I do know that the answer (again, according to their site) is 3.2g.....I got that using "formula"(...

9. The Nursing Math Thread

   gabifla replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

   Hi I just wanted to ask you all who probably know how this particular problem would be set up using the DA method. I have been using http://www.dosagehelp.com for practice problems and can't seem to figure out how to put this type into a dimensional ...

10. New LPN students to start soon !! Come share your experiences :)

    gabifla replied to Ericad85's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    Hi I am new here, just joined last week, but I've been lurking for quite awhile and love these boards. This past week I FINALLY got my acceptance in to the LPN program that I was hoping for, I begin actual LPN school in February but will begin my Hea...