Nursing math & unit conversions worksheet with answers

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient weighs 271 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. 1.75 mL
2. 20.75 mL
3. 30.750 mL
4. 4.750 mL

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A drip-rate calculation gives 66.842 gtt/min. The rule in this exercise is that drip rates are rounded to the nearest whole drop. What value x do you record?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient’s temperature is 38.3 °C. Convert it to degrees Fahrenheit T with °F = °C × 9/5 + 32. Round to one decimal place.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). During a shift a patient takes ¼ cup of tea, 3 tbsp of liquid supplement, 1½ tsp of cough syrup, 1 fl oz of juice. Using the equivalents given, find the total oral intake V in mL.

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