Physical Measurement & Properties: Essential Tools for Lab Report

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Lab 2: Physical Measurement & Properties: Essential Tools for Lab Report
Objective: The purpose of this lab was to learn about and gain skills regarding the measuring of different substances. The objective of this lab was to study the properties of density, boiling point, and solubility in order to identify an unknown substance.
Introduction: As nurses, we will encounter and number of tedious measurements that will affect a patient’s life. The preciseness, accuracy, and percent error of these measurements could make all the difference in the world to a person’s circumstances. These measurements include but are not limited to: mass of a patient in kilograms, blood pressure in mmHg, body temperature in degrees Celcius, respiration rate, and pulse-oximetry. We learned about the properties of density, boiling point, specific gravity, and solubility. Densities will be useful because they allow us to find many other properties about a substance such as the specific gravity. In nursing, specific gravity is used during Urine Specific Gravity tests. These tests allow us to tell us how well the kidneys are working. The kidneys have several important functions in the body, including eliminating waste products through the urine and regulating the body’s fluid balance. Precise and accurate measurements will be crucial when dealing with medicine doses when treating patients because even a tiny bit too much of a medicine can do the patient harm. This lab acted as a way for us to learn how to make precise measurements and the skills that we learned in this lab will be skills that will continue to use for the rest of our careers.
Experimental Results: The attached data and results sheet contains the data collected in the laboratory. All observations and calculations are also recorded on this sheet.
Post-Lab Questions: Part 1: 1. How does your experimentally

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