On Friday, March 29, 2013 13:36:01 Team Metric Info wrote:
> I am writing up a case study about a  triage nurse who incorrectly recorded
> a toddler's weight as 25 kg, instead of 25 lbs (11.3kg). The weight error
> caused the toddler to receive 225 mg of clindamycin orally three times a
> day, instead of the correct dosage of 113 mg orally three times a day.
> Dosage was calculated for a toddler weighing 25kg instead of their actual
> weight of 11.3kg. Read the full case study at
> <http://webmm.ahrq.gov/case.aspx?caseID=293>
> http://webmm.ahrq.gov/case.aspx?caseID=293.

I got "Sorry! This case is not available," but was able to open the slide 
show. Did the triage nurse get the number from the parents or a scale at the 
hospital? Did the mother, being a medical student, have a scale in kilograms?

By the weigh, the scales pictured in the slide show have the incorrect 
capitalization "Kg".

> Group- do you think the term "number sense" is correct in this context?
> Because it is not really the number but the unit attached to it which they
> do not intuitively understand.

I would say "quantity sense".

Pierre
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