How to convert kg to lbs/oz.

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Sep 26, 2012

Nice job catching the error! You knew it didn't sound right, and ultimately it was not. These critical thinking skills are not often seen in nursing students until closer to graduation, or much later in their career. Keep it up, this will serve you well as you proceed through your education & later your career. Nurses (and most physicians, lol) are human, this is why many drug calculations are double checked by another nurse and sometimes the pharmacist (for critical drugs like insulin, potassium, and drugs that are weight based or have a narrow therapeutic range).

Like others said, this is a good opportunity to develop your therapeutic communication skills. Trust me I've been in a class where a student proudly announced "I'm right, you're wrong" to the whole class to prove the teacher's answer was wrong. If done the right way, you'll make a positive impression on your instructor. ("Hi professor nurse, I was reviewing for the test and I got answer X for problem #3 but the answer key shows Y. Can you check my work, I think something isn't right?" in private will go over better than "professor Nurse, professor nurse! You made a big mistake on our review sheet. The answer is definitely X when you put Y." yelled out in the classroom setting.) Don't laugh, I've witnessed this first hand. Worse the one who called out the instructor made a common error and was wrong also, made for a very red face. :wideyed: (no it wasn't me)

nurse2b013 · Sep 27, 2012

I was right! Our prof told the class 1st thing she had made a mistake & gave us another example on the board. We then took our dosage calc exam & I got 100%, which you must get to pass this class. Glad that's out of the way!!! :)

Thanks again everyone!