Nursing math & unit conversions worksheet with answers

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). Convert 2 tbsp to millilitres, using 1 tbsp = 15 mL. Find V.

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. 10.25 mg
2. 2.250 mg
3. 3.25 mg
4. 40.250 mg

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient is 4 ft 11 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 dose calculation for an injection gives 8.1641 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). An infusion starts at 18:20 and finishes at 02:00 the next morning (24-hour clock). How many minutes t did it run?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A prescription reads 1 tsp of an oral suspension every 6 hours for 5 days. Using 1 tsp = 5 mL, how many mL V are needed for the whole course?