Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Convert 360 mL to cups, using 1 cup = 8 fl oz = 240 mL: how many n? Real liquid doses are always measured in mL, with an oral syringe or a marked medicine cup.
Nursing math & unit conversions worksheet with answers
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Convert 2.5 g to mg: find x.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient is 145 cm tall. Using 1 in = 2.54 cm, find the height h in inches. Round to one decimal place.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient is 6 ft 9 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). During a shift a patient takes ½ fl oz of juice, 1 tsp of cough syrup, ½ tbsp of liquid supplement. Using the equivalents given, find the total oral intake V in mL.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). An infusion delivers 3 mcg/min. Express this dose rate D in mg/h.
Answer key
- 1. n = 1.5 cups
- 2. x = 2500 mg
- 3. h = 57.1 in
- 4. h = 206 cm
- 5. V = 27.5 mL
- 6. D = 0.18 mg/h
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