1 Capillary Refill: Push on the tip of the great toe or the nail bed until blanching occurs. 2  Then release and note how long it takes for the red color to return, a reflection of blood inflow to the distal aspect of the lower extremity. Pulses are rated on a scale ranging from 0 (not palpable) to 2+ (normal). 2  As with edema, this is very subjective and it will take you a while to develop a sense of relative values. 3  In the event that the pulse is not palpable, the doppler signal generated is also rated, ranging again from 0 to 2+.
Just how small is ânano?â In the International System of Units, the prefix nano means one-billionth, or 10-9; therefore one nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. The illustration below has three visual examples of the size and the scale of nanotechnology, showing just how small things at the nanoscale actually are.
Some students will know nothing, some will be well informed. Most students will probably know that nano means something small, but may not know how small. Tell the students that there are 1 billion (1,000,000,000) nanometers in a meter. Each of them brought in an object. Tell them that the object they brought in is to represent 1 nanometer and you'd like to know where the millionth one is located.