a nurse is reinforcing teaching with a newly hired nurse a bout documentation in the medical record. which of the following abbreviation should the newly hired nurse identify as metric unit of weight?
lb
ml
mcg
oz
convert 5 g to mcg
Metric unit is most commonly and widely used unit of measurement. It is based on metre for length and gram for mass.
The newly hired nurse identifies mcg as the metric unit of weight , mcg is one millionth of a gram (1*106). And it is recommoonded in The United States in Medical information communication.
- lb - it is used to measure mass but it is in Imperial and US customary units.
- ml - mililiter, is measurement unit of volume, used to measure liquids.
- oz- ounce, it is unit of volume in Imperial and US customary units.
Conversion of 5g to mcg.
Since 1g equals to 1,000,000mcg.
then 5g equals to 5,000,000mcg.
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