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Medication Worksheet
Name ________________________________
Metric Scales: kg hg dag g dg cg mg X X ug (mcg)
Complete the following.
1. Convert 93074 milligrams to grams.
2. Convert 0.090113 milliliters to microliters
3. Coinvert 0.056915 meters to micrometers.
4. Convert 64343 milliliters to liters.
5. Convert 10258 milligrams to grams.
6. Convert 5 grams to milligrams.
7. Convert 12 grams to milligrams.
Date __________________
Complete the following.
1. A client is ordered 300 milligrams of a medication. 200 milligram tablets are available.
How many tablets will you give?
2. A client is ordered 200 milligrams fo a medications. 100 milligram tablets are available.
How many tablets will you give?
3. A client is ordered 100 milligrams of a medication. 25 milligram tablets are available.
How many tablets will you give?
4. A client is ordered 7.5 milligrams of a medication. 2.5 milligram tablets are available.
How many tablets will you give?
5. A client is ordered 100 milligrams of a medication. 50 milligram tablets are available.
How many tablets will you give?
6. A client is ordered 35 milligrams of a medication by subcutaneous injection. 50
milligrams in 1 milliliter of liquid for subcutaneous injection is available. How many
milliliters will you administer?
7. A client is ordered 50 milligrams of a medication orally. 125 milligrams in 5 milliliters of
syrup is available. How many milliliters will you administer?
8. A client is ordered 30 milligrams of a medication for an injection. 10 milligrams in 1
milliliter of liquid for the injection is available. How many milliliters will you administer?
9. A client is ordered 20 milligrams of a medication for an intramuscular injection. 50
milligrams in 1 milliliter of liquid for IM injection is available. How many milliliters will
you administer?
10. A client is ordered 50 milligrams of a medication intramuscular (IM) injection. 250
milligrams in 10 milliliters of liquid for IM injection is available. How many milliliters will
you administer?
Dose by Weight
To convert pounds to kilograms, an important equivalency to remember is 2.2 lb = 1 kg. Divide
pounds by 2.2 to get the weight in kg. If a child weighs 88 lb, what is his weight in kg?
88 / 2.2 = 40 kg
1. Order reads: give drug “X” 3 mg/kg per day in two divided doses. Patient weights 22 lbs
or 10 kg.
2. A child who weighs 66 lb. is receiving 125 mg of drug “X” three times daily. The safe
range is 10 – 20 mg/kg/day. What would be the dosage to give to this child three times a
day?
3. A child with severe poison ivy weighs 25 kg and Benadryl oral is ordered 5mg/kg/day
every 6 hours. Benadryl is available as a 12.5 mg/5ml solution. What dose should be
given?