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. 1.1 mg
2. 20.1 mg
3. 30.10 mg
4. 4.10 mg

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Convert 22.5 mL to tbsp, using 1 tbsp = 15 mL: how many n? Real liquid doses are always measured in mL, with an oral syringe or a marked medicine cup.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A dose calculation for an injection gives 5.3931 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 newborn weighs 5 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 2 tsp of cough syrup, 8 fl oz of juice, 4 tbsp of liquid supplement. Using the equivalents given, find the total oral intake V in mL.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A maintenance infusion runs at 50 mL/h without a break. How many litres V does it deliver in 24 hours?