Nurses have to memorize a great deal of information in clinical practice. When trying to memorize all the different units in the apothecaries' and metric systems, you should do the fol-lowing: (Select all that apply.)
1. Master the familiar units
2. Learn equivalents in two systems
3. Memorize all information
4. Depend on other nurses
1, 2
Rather than memorizing all the different units, most hospitals, clinics, and offices have basic ref-erence pharmacologic texts with information on conversion from one system to another. You should also do the following: (1) master the most familiar units system, (2) learn equivalents in two systems, and (3) know where information is found rapidly.
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