Please reply to the following discussion. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Responses must consist of at least 135 words; do NOT repeat the same thing your classmate is saying. No reference is required.

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Concentration: The term concentration has been used across many aspects of conversation. In everyday use, I use this term a lot while working. Usually, we will use concentration to describe the amount of medication in a dose or IV bag that needs to be infused. For example, “the Levophed is double concentrated”, or “this potassium is concentrated, and needs to be given via central line”. Concentration can also be seen on the back of juice labels, describing the amount of fruit juice. The technical definition used in chemistry is defined as “quantitative measure of the relative amounts of solute and solvent present in a solution”. Both the chemical and everyday use are extremely similar, and are easy concepts to grasp. Concentration is related the course student outcome because determining concentration can be at the atomic level.

Mole: When the term Mole is being used in everyday language, people are most likely discussing the small rodents that ruin their yards. I have used the term Mole in previous chemistry courses, but it has been a long time. Mole is also used in everyday language in healthcare, when describing a quantity. For example, “the patient is receiving 30 millimoles (mmol) of Sodium Phosphate”. The everyday use and chemical terms are vastly different, the chemical term is defined as “amount of substance containing the same number of atoms, molecules, ions, or other entities as the number of atoms in exactly 12 grams of 12C”. This term also relates to the student learning outcome, because a Mole is also measured at the atomic level.