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Math Career Project “Nursing”

Math Career Project “Nursing”. Who I Interviewed. I decided to interview my aunt who is a nurse at Harris Methodist Hospital downtown for almost 10 years. She loves her job and uses math pretty much every day in this career . Brief Description of Nursing Duties. Record weight of patient

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Math Career Project “Nursing”

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  1. Math Career Project“Nursing”

  2. Who I Interviewed • I decided to interview my aunt who is a nurse at Harris Methodist Hospital downtown for almost 10 years. She loves her job and uses math pretty much every day in this career.

  3. Brief Description of Nursing Duties • Record weight of patient • Take temperature using ear thermometer • Take blood pressure measurements • Measure and give shots • Choose appropriate medicines and correct amounts to give to patients • Continue monitoring patients

  4. How Math is used in Nursing • Nurses must know grams, milligrams, etc. to determine weight and amounts of solid medicines. • Nurses must know liters, milliliters, etc. to measure liquids for shots and liquid medicines.

  5. Nurses must be able to take measurements on a variety of instruments like: Weight scales Thermometers Blood pressure monitors Syringes and IV’s How Math is used in Nursing

  6. Math Example

  7. Conclusion In conclusion, I am also interested in pursuing a career as a Nurse. It is a career that is still very needed and useful in society today. I am planning on getting my nursing degree from Texas Christian University (TCU) where my aunt was educated as a nurse.

  8. References and Related Sites • http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/tch_mat1.htm This site was extremely valuable in providing math careers and additional detailed information about these careers. • http://dgl.microsoft.com/?CAG=1 This site has numerous graphic and sound links, many of which were used on this site. • http://kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Math97/lancaree.html This site has copies of the interviews performed by students in Lancaster, PA on Math in Careers. • http://www.coolmath.com/frm_careers.htm This site has all kinds of neat information about math and careers designed for kids or adults.

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