1.Easy
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient weighs 43 lb. Using 1 kg = 2.2 lb, find the weight m in kilograms. Round to one decimal place.
43 lb1 kg = 2.2 lb
m = kg
Nursing math & unit conversions worksheet with answers
2.Easy
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Convert 0.5 g to mg: find x.
0.5 g1 g = 1000 mg
x = mg
3.Medium
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient’s temperature is 102.5 °F. Convert it to degrees Celsius T with °C = (°F − 32) × 5/9. Round to one decimal place.
102.5 °F
T = °C
4.Medium
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A dose is charted at 6:15 AM. Which entry is the same time on the 24-hour clock? Click it.
6:15 AM
- 118:15
- 206:15
- 305:15
- 407:15
5.Hard
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). An infusion starts at 17:55 and finishes at 05:30 the next morning (24-hour clock). How many minutes t did it run?
17:5505:30
t = min
6.Hard
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). An order reads 5 mcg/kg/min for a patient who weighs 108 kg. Express the dose rate D in mg/h. Round to two decimal places.
5 mcg/kg/min108 kg
D = mg/h
Answer key
- 1. m = 19.5 kg
- 2. x = 500 mg
- 3. T = 39.2 °C
- 4. 06:15
- 5. t = 695 min
- 6. D = 32.4 mg/h
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