Certified Postanesthesia nurse (CPAN) a postanesthesia nurse who has been certified by the American Board of Postanesthesia Nursing Certification. charge nurse a registered nurse responsible for the management of a patient care unit. circulating nurse a nurse member of the surgical team, responsible for activities of the operating room outside the sterile field and for managing nursing care of the surgical patient in the room.
Sea water covers 97% of the earth surface, while fresh water just 3% - an imbalance which makes drinkable water a precious resource. Sea water contains a great amount of salt up to 3.5 %, while fresh water has only a concentration of 0.5% salt. The increased salt level determines a higher density for sea water and a decreased freezing point, while fresh water has a lower density and a normal freezing point.
About 97 percent of Earth's water is in the ocean The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the surface of our planet. It's hard to imagine, but about 97 percent of the Earth's water can be found in our oceans. Of the tiny percentage that's not in the ocean, about two percent is frozen up in glaciers and ice caps. Less than one percent of all the water on Earth is fresh. A tiny fraction of water exists as water vapor in our atmosphere. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there are over 332,519,000 cubic miles of water on the planet. A cubic mile is the volume of a cube measuring one mile on each side. Of this vast volume of water, NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center estimates that 321,003,271 cubic miles is in the ocean.