BRYANT & STRATTON COLLEGE NURS 202 MED CALC –
MEDICATION CALCULATION PRACTICE & STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027 2026/2027
NURS 202
TITLE
BRYANT & STRATTON COLLEGE NURS 202 MED CALC –
MEDICATION CALCULATION PRACTICE & STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027
, Bryant & Stratton College Richmond
NURS 202 Family Child Nursing
Dosage Calculation Prep
Tips for Medication Calculation Assessment Tests:
-Make sure you are reading the question thoroughly, and understand what the question is asking. Is the question
asking for a per dose quantity or a per day quantity for example. Are any conversions already done for you? Is the
question asking about dose ordered or a weight based dose?
-Make sure you are not rounding your numbers until the end of your problem. You should keep the number in
your calculator each step of the way so that it includes all the places. For example, if you determine that a
patient’s weight when converting from pounds to kilograms says 30.467543674……, do not then round to 30.5
before moving to the next step- use the full number in the calculator to move on to the next step.
-On your final answer of the problem, be sure you are rounding to the place that is stated in the problem.
- I recommended reading the question first, the last sentence, and then going back and reading the problem. As
you are reading the problem you can read it more critically because then you know what you are looking for.
For example, if you are looking for mL/hr in the question, then you will know that your volume and your time
are key factors to the question.
-Use your units as a double-checker to see if you placed your numbers in the correct position when using
dimensional analysis. Your units that you want to eliminate should be opposite of each other, for example if you
have mg/hour then your next step should have hour/min if you want to eliminate the hours. The positioning of
your units at the end can also be a double-checker: if you are looking for mg/min and in the end you have min on
top and mg on the bottom, you know that you inverted your numbers.
-Make sure you ARE including leading zeros (which is the zero that comes before a decimal point) and you ARE
NOT including trailing zeros (which is the zero that comes at the end after a decimal point).
(GOOD) ➔0.250 (BAD) Remember it’s better to be a leader than a follower!
Highly Recommended Tools for Studying:
Clinical Calculations Books: One that you purchased in Fundamentals, as well as a variety of other dosage
calculation publications available for checkout in the library. There are also a variety of dosage calculation books
available on Amazon. Test Review Books: Saunders Comprehensive Review which you purchased in Fundamentals.
Davis’s Q&A Review for NCLEX-RN that you purchased this term (If you did not purchase this book I highly
recommend that you do).
Math tutors: Available every day in the library.
ATI: Dosage Calculation 2.0: Pediatric Medications Module; found under Dimensional Analysis, Desired over Have,
and Ratios and Proportions Module groups. (Covers many concepts in math that we will use this term).
Dosage Calculation 2.0-Ratio and Proportion: TUT426891; 03A5X
Dosage Calculation 2.0-Dimensional Analysis: TUT426890; 03Y6Q
Dosage Calculation 2.0-Desired over Have: TUT426889; 03N4U
You-Tube: Registered Nurse RN, along with many others that will walk you through the process.
1 teaspoon (t) = 5 milliliters (mL)
1 tablespoon (T) = 15 milliliters (mL)
1 ounce (oz) = 30 milliliters (mL)
Body Surface Area
2
MEDICATION CALCULATION PRACTICE & STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027 2026/2027
NURS 202
TITLE
BRYANT & STRATTON COLLEGE NURS 202 MED CALC –
MEDICATION CALCULATION PRACTICE & STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027
, Bryant & Stratton College Richmond
NURS 202 Family Child Nursing
Dosage Calculation Prep
Tips for Medication Calculation Assessment Tests:
-Make sure you are reading the question thoroughly, and understand what the question is asking. Is the question
asking for a per dose quantity or a per day quantity for example. Are any conversions already done for you? Is the
question asking about dose ordered or a weight based dose?
-Make sure you are not rounding your numbers until the end of your problem. You should keep the number in
your calculator each step of the way so that it includes all the places. For example, if you determine that a
patient’s weight when converting from pounds to kilograms says 30.467543674……, do not then round to 30.5
before moving to the next step- use the full number in the calculator to move on to the next step.
-On your final answer of the problem, be sure you are rounding to the place that is stated in the problem.
- I recommended reading the question first, the last sentence, and then going back and reading the problem. As
you are reading the problem you can read it more critically because then you know what you are looking for.
For example, if you are looking for mL/hr in the question, then you will know that your volume and your time
are key factors to the question.
-Use your units as a double-checker to see if you placed your numbers in the correct position when using
dimensional analysis. Your units that you want to eliminate should be opposite of each other, for example if you
have mg/hour then your next step should have hour/min if you want to eliminate the hours. The positioning of
your units at the end can also be a double-checker: if you are looking for mg/min and in the end you have min on
top and mg on the bottom, you know that you inverted your numbers.
-Make sure you ARE including leading zeros (which is the zero that comes before a decimal point) and you ARE
NOT including trailing zeros (which is the zero that comes at the end after a decimal point).
(GOOD) ➔0.250 (BAD) Remember it’s better to be a leader than a follower!
Highly Recommended Tools for Studying:
Clinical Calculations Books: One that you purchased in Fundamentals, as well as a variety of other dosage
calculation publications available for checkout in the library. There are also a variety of dosage calculation books
available on Amazon. Test Review Books: Saunders Comprehensive Review which you purchased in Fundamentals.
Davis’s Q&A Review for NCLEX-RN that you purchased this term (If you did not purchase this book I highly
recommend that you do).
Math tutors: Available every day in the library.
ATI: Dosage Calculation 2.0: Pediatric Medications Module; found under Dimensional Analysis, Desired over Have,
and Ratios and Proportions Module groups. (Covers many concepts in math that we will use this term).
Dosage Calculation 2.0-Ratio and Proportion: TUT426891; 03A5X
Dosage Calculation 2.0-Dimensional Analysis: TUT426890; 03Y6Q
Dosage Calculation 2.0-Desired over Have: TUT426889; 03N4U
You-Tube: Registered Nurse RN, along with many others that will walk you through the process.
1 teaspoon (t) = 5 milliliters (mL)
1 tablespoon (T) = 15 milliliters (mL)
1 ounce (oz) = 30 milliliters (mL)
Body Surface Area
2
