Nursing math & unit conversions worksheet with answers

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient weighs 290 lb. Using 1 kg = 2.2 lb, find the weight m in kilograms. Round to one decimal place.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). All of these entries on a medication record are meant as the same dose. Which one follows the safe-writing rules for zeros and abbreviations? Click it.

1. 14.0 mL
2. 24.00 mL
3. 34 mL

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A newborn weighs 8 lb 5 oz. Using 1 lb = 16 oz and 1 kg = 2.2 lb, find the weight m in kilograms. Round to two decimal places.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient is 5 ft 10 in tall. Using 1 ft = 12 in and 1 in = 2.54 cm, find the height h in centimetres, to the nearest whole centimetre.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A serum creatinine result is 4.3 mg/dL. Using 1 mg/dL = 88.4 µmol/L for creatinine, find c in µmol/L to the nearest whole number.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A prescription reads 2 tsp of an oral suspension twice a day for 7 days. The suspension comes in 50 mL bottles. Using 1 tsp = 5 mL, how many whole bottles N must be supplied so the course is complete?