Nursing Math & Dosage Calculation Resource
📑 Accurate Chapter Breakdown (1–24)
Unit One: Math Review
1. Fractions
2. Decimals
3. Ratio and Proportion
4. Percentages
Unit Two: Systems of Measurement
1. Metric System
2. Apothecary and Household Systems
3. Converting Within and Between Systems
4. Additional Conversions Useful in the Health Care Setting
Unit Three: Methods of Administration and Calculation
1. Medication Administration
2. Understanding and Interpreting Medication Orders
3. Medication Administration Records and Drug Distribution Systems
4. Methods of Dosage Calculation
Unit Four: Oral and Parenteral Dosages
1. Oral Dosage of Drugs
2. Parenteral Dosage of Drugs
3. Reconstitution of Solutions
4. Intravenous Calculations
5. Insulin Administration
6. Heparin Administration
Unit Five: Advanced Calculations
1. Pediatric Dosages: Based on Body Weight
2. Pediatric Dosages: Based on Body Surface Area
3. Critical Care Calculations
4. Intravenous Flow Rates and Infusion Times
5. Intravenous Piggyback Infusions
6. Intravenous Infusions by Pump
,COMPLETION
1. Perform the indicated operation and record the result in lowercase Roman numerals.
7 =
ANS: xiv
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2. Perform the indicated operation and record the result in lowercase Roman numerals.
29 – 1 =
ANS: xxviii
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3. Perform the indicated operation and record the result in lowercase Roman numerals.
3 10 =
ANS: xxx
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4. Perform the indicated operation and record the result in lowercase Roman numerals.
10 + 2 =
ANS: xii
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5. Write the following Arabic number as a lowercase Roman numeral.
18 =
ANS: xviii
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6. Write the following Arabic number as a lowercase Roman numeral.
21 =
, ANS: xxi
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7. Write the following Arabic number as a lowercase Roman numeral.
=
, ANS: xiss
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8. Perform the indicated operation and record the result in lowercase Roman numerals.
6 =
ANS: xviii
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9. Perform the indicated operation and record the result in lowercase Roman numerals.
30 – 6 =
ANS: xxiv
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10. Perform the indicated operation and record the result in lowercase Roman numerals.
12 ÷ 2 =
ANS: vi
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11. Perform the indicated operation and record the result in lowercase Roman numerals.
13 + 7 =
ANS: xx
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