Nursing math & unit conversions worksheet with answers

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient weighs 16.8 kg. Using 1 kg = 2.2 lb, find the weight m in pounds. 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. 12.00 mcg
2. 22.0 mcg
3. 32 µg
4. 42 mcg

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A dose calculation for an injection gives 3.0678 mL. The rule in this exercise is that volumes of 1 mL or more are rounded to the nearest tenth of a mL. What value x do you record?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A dose is charted at 15:05 (24-hour clock). Which entry is the same time on the 12-hour clock? Click it.

1. 15:05 PM
2. 23:05 PM
3. 32:05 PM
4. 43:05 AM

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). During a shift a patient takes ½ cup of tea, 1½ fl oz of juice, 1 tsp of cough syrup. 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 three times a day for 5 days. Using 1 tsp = 5 mL, how many mL V are needed for the whole course?