How to convert drams to teaspoons? - Page 3

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  1. Jun 13, '12 by
    Ugh, can anyone justify why the apothecary system is still taught at all? The only class I can see it being useful in is history. It reminds me of Harry Potter's potions class.
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    Jun 13, '12 by
    Quote from blondy2061h
    Ugh, can anyone justify why the apothecary system is still taught at all? The only class I can see it being useful in is history. It reminds me of Harry Potter's potions class.
    To absolutely drive you mad!!!!!!

    Now really......it is to get you to develop those critical thinking skills. Can you, when confronted with an out of the box scenario, use deductive reasoning and use already known practices (math/dimensional analysis)to find the solution or do you know where/how to find it.....to obtain what you need/the right answer.

    Adapt and use your thinking cap to solve the situation/equation.
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  3. Jun 13, '12 by
    thanks you .. you so understand me...
  4. Jun 14, '12 by
    Esme --- you are awesome!!!:bowingpur You have probably forgotten more than I ever knew in the first place! I have 2 more measurements to add to the list.

    1 fathom = 1.828 meters

    1 knot = 1.151 mph

    Don't know why these 2 nautical measurements ever interested me, but they were always spoken on TV. Looked them up.
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  5. Jun 15, '12 by
    Am I the only one that has never heard of a dram?
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  6. Jun 16, '12 by
    no trust me .. youre not the only one. lol apothecary system lol drives me mad lol
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  7. Jun 20, '12 by
    Quote from blondy2061h
    Ugh, can anyone justify why the apothecary system is still taught at all? The only class I can see it being useful in is history. It reminds me of Harry Potter's potions class.
    Yikes, I was taught and we used the apothecary system 35 years ago, but I taught in a BSN program for 9.5 years and no we don't use it anymore just like we no longer use the latin abbreviations when writing prescriptions. The last medication that was in grains a few years ago was thyroid med and now I can't even remember the grains, it is now micrograms

    They can still teach critical thinking and correct calculations without confusing you with this ancient method.
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  8. Jun 21, '12 by
    Quote from sailornurse
    Yikes, I was taught and we used the apothecary system 35 years ago, but I taught in a BSN program for 9.5 years and no we don't use it anymore just like we no longer use the latin abbreviations when writing prescriptions. The last medication that was in grains a few years ago was thyroid med and now I can't even remember the grains, it is now micrograms

    They can still teach critical thinking and correct calculations without confusing you with this ancient method.
    Oh , to be young again!!! I remember not too terrribly long ago that tylenol and aspirin were written as gr X. There was also a suppository, 'something gr 7 1/2(in roman numerals also with the ss)??? and we still use gtt for drops.
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    Jun 21, '12 by
    Wasn't that B&O suppositories?
  10. Jun 22, '12 by
    It just kills me that anyone not drinking a dram of whiskey cares...

    Has anyone come across a dram, in practice, in recent history? By all means learn how to do conversions and get comfortable with them.

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