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Week 3 Pharmacology
Week 3 Converting Among Systems
Question | Answer |
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If the human body contains 5 liters of blood, approximately how many ounces of blood are contained in the human body? | 5L x 32 oz =160 |
If you are asked to administer 0.5 ounces of cough syrup to a patient, you are being asked to administer ______ liters of cough syrup, to the nearest hundredth. | 0.5 / 32 = 0.015625 = 0.02 |
If a bottle of cough syrup contains 480 milliliters, the bottle contains _____ ounces of cough syrup. | 480mL / 30 mL = 16 |
If a patient weighs 185 pounds, how many kilograms does this patient weigh, to the nearest hundredth? | 185 lbs / 2.2 kg = 84.09 |
If a patient weighs 255 pounds, this patient weighs _____ kilograms, rounded to the nearest hundredth. | 255 lbs / 2.2 lbs/kg = 115.91 |
If a patient weighs 120 kilograms, this patient weighs ____ pounds. | 120 lbs x 2.2 lbs = 264 |
If a person is 61 inches tall, how many centimeters tall is this person, to the nearest hundredth? | 61 in x 2.54 cm = 154.94 cm |
If a newborn baby measures 54 centimeters long, this baby is _____ inches long, to the nearest hundredth. | 54 cm /2.54 cm/in = 21.26 |
If a person is 178 centimeters tall, he or she is ____ inches tall, to the nearest tenth. | 178 cm / 2.54 cm = 70.07 = 70.1 |
If a capsule contains 7.5 grains of medication, ____ milligrams of medication are contained within the capsule. | 7.5 gr x 60 gr/mg = 450 mg |
If you are asked to incorporate 9.75 grains of a substance to a solution, how many milligrams are you being asked to incorporate? | 9.75 gr x 60 mg/gr = 585 mg |
If you are asked to take 1500 mg of a medication, how many grains of that medication are you being asked to take? | 1500 mg / 60 mg/gr = 25 grains |
D / H x Q = X 1 L = 32 oz and 1 oz = 30 mL 2.2 lb = 1 kg 1 in = 2.54 cm 1 oz = 30 mL dr i = 4 mL gr i = 60 mg | 1L = 32 oz 1 oz = 30 mL 1 cm =10 mm 1 in = 2.54 cm oz x mL = oz mL / ml /oz = oz dr x mL = mL mL / mL/dr = dr gr x mg/gr = mg mg / mg/gr =gr |
If a person produces 70 ounces of urine over a 24-hour period, this person has produced _____ liters of urine. (Round to the nearest hundredth.) | 70 oz / 32 oz = 2.19 |
If a patient ingested 0.8 liters of fluid at a mealtime, this patient has ingested _____ ounces of fluid. | 0.8 L x 32 oz= 25.6 |
If you are asked to administer 48 ounces of saline to a patient, how many milliliters of saline are you being asked to administer? | 48 oz x 30 mL = 1, 440 mL |
If a normal adult dose of cough syrup is 0.5 ounces, the normal adult dose contains ____ milliliters of cough syrup. | 0.5 oz x 30 mL = 15 |
If you are asked to administer 600 milliliters of saline, you are being asked to administer _____ ounces of saline. | 600 mL / 30 mL = 20 |
If a patient weighs 89 kilograms, how many pounds does this patient weigh, to the nearest tenth? | 89 lbs x 2.2 lbs =195.8 lbs |
If a patient is instructed to lose 25 pounds, this patient has been asked to lose _____ kilograms, to the nearest hundredth. | 25 lbs / 2.2 lbs = 11.36 |
If you are asked to add 0.24 kilograms of powder to a mixture, you are being asked to add _____ pounds of powder, to the nearest hundredth. | 0.24 kg x 2.2 lbs = 0.528 = 0.53 |
If a patient is deemed to be 40 pounds overweight, this patient is overweight by _______ kilograms, to the nearest hundredth. | 40 lbs / 2.2 lbs = 18.18 |
If a person has a weight loss goal of 17.5 kilograms, this person wants to lose _____ pounds, to the nearest tenth. | 17.5 kg x 2.2 lbs = 38.5 |
If the head of a newborn baby measures 38.27 centimeters, to the nearest hundredth, how many inches does the baby’s head measure? | 38.27 cm / 2.54 cm = 15.07 inches |
If the pupil of a patient’s eye measures 5.4 millimeters this patient’s pupil measures _______ inches, to the nearest hundredth. | 5.4 mL / 10 mL/lts = 0.54 cm 0.54 cm / 2.54 cm/ in =0.21 |
If a patient’s abdominal girth measures 122 centimeters, this patient’s abdominal girth is _____ inches, to the nearest hundredth. | 122 cm x 2.54 cm = 48.03 |
If a patient presents with a 6.5-inch laceration on his or her leg, this laceration measures ________ centimeters, to the nearest hundredth. | 6.5 in x 2.54 cm = 16.51 |
If an infant’s head circumference measures 16.35 inches, this head circumference measures ______ millimeters, to the nearest hundredth. | 16.35 in x 2.54 cm = 41.529 41.529 x 10 mm = 415.29 |
If a bag of saline solution contains 500 milliliters, how many ounces are contained in that 500-milliliter bag, to the nearest hundredth? | 500mL / 30 = 16.66 = 16.67 |
If you measure 87 minims of a fluid, how many milliliters of fluid are contained in that 87-minim sample? | 87 minims x 0.06 mL = 5.22 mL |
If a dose of medication contains 625 milligrams, this dose includes _____ grains of medication, to the nearest hundredth. | 625mg /60mg = 10.42 |
If a bottle of cough syrup contains 480 milliliters, that bottle contains _______ drams of cough syrup. | 480 mL /4 mL = 120 |
If a patient produces 64 ounces of urine over a 24-hour period, this patient has produced ______ milliliters of urine. | 64 oz x 30 mL = 1920 |