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__**Module Two - Lesson 1**__ Working with BSA __**Purpose**__: The purpose of the three units in this module is to provide nursing students with an understanding of the relationship between body surface area and volume. __**Learning Objectives**__: At the end of this module students will be able to:
 * 1) Distinguish the milligram (mg), microgram (mcg), gram (g), and square meter (m2) units of measurement..
 * 2) Evaluate physician orders for minimum and maximum pediatric safe dose ranges (SDR) doses.
 * 3) Calculate pediatric doses of medications based on BSA.

//**Lesson**//: One - Pediatric Medication Calculations Upon completion of this lesson, students will:
 * know the vocabulary associated with pediatric medication calculations.

//**Time**//: 30 minutes

**Educator Link** : [|7A Pediatric--Oral Medications] [|7B Pediatric--Parenteral Medications]

**Web links** : PEDS Medication Safety Tools PEDS Medication Safety Article

**Learner Activities** : Read article: [|Guidelines for Preventing Medication Errors in Pediatrics]