Nursing calculations
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Formula activity 2
This learning activity is part 2 of the "Finding the volume required" formulas section of nursing calculations.
Formula activity 3
This learning activity is part 3 of the "Finding the volume required" formulas section of nursing calculations.
Formula activity 4
This learning activity is part 4 of the "Finding the volume required" formulas section of nursing calculations.
Formula activity 5
This learning activity is part 5 of the "Finding the volume required" formulas section of nursing calculations.
Fractions and decimals activity 1
A nursing calculations learning activity for managing fractions and decimals
Fractions and decimals activity 2
A nursing calculations learning activity for managing fractions and decimals
Fractions and decimals activity 3
A nursing calculations learning activity for managing fractions and decimals
Labels activity 1
This nursing learning activity will demonstrate how to calculate drug formulas with the correct units of measurement.
Labels activity 2
This learning activity will demonstrate how to calculate drug volumes with the correct units of measurement for nursing.
Labels activity 3
This nursing learning activity will help you to calculate drug formulas from the labels.
Labels activity 4
Part of a learning activity to practise using nursing calculations. Calculating from labels
Labels activity 5
Part of a tutorial to practise using nursing calculations - reading labels and calculating values
Managing fractions and decimals
What do you do if the Flow Rate calculation involves fractions such as ¼ of an hour or 0.5 litres? Find out how this is managed mathematically.
Medication dosage by body weight
How do you deal with a unit like mg/kg? Milligrams per kilogram means that you must give a certain amount (mgs) of a drug for each kilogram of the patient’s body mass. Bigger patients need a bigger...
Need over have
This short video is the third of three videos in the Nursing calculations - Finding the volume required section. It explains the formula for calculating the quantity of a drug in solution for correct...
Need/have activity 1
Need over have - learning activity 1
Need/have activity 2
Need over have - learning activity 2
Need/have activity 3
Need over have - learning activity 3
Nursing calculations
The following video links are an introduction to basic drug calculations for nursing. After each video, test your knowledge with the interactive activities.
Proportions activity 1
This nursing calculations learning activity will show you how to calculate proportions with liquid solutions.