Nursing math & unit conversions worksheet with answers

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. 10.80 mg
2. 2.8 mg
3. 3.80 mg
4. 40.8 mg

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Convert 1800 mL to L: find x.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient is 5 ft 1 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 newborn weighs 6 lb 7 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). During a shift a patient takes ½ cup of tea, 1½ tbsp of liquid supplement, 2 tsp of cough syrup, 1½ fl oz of juice. Using the equivalents given, find the total oral intake V in mL.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A prescription reads ½ tsp of an oral suspension every 6 hours for 14 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?