Household System
There are _________ oz in 1 lb.
16
Meter, liter, and gram are known as the ____________.
Base Units
4 L = _________ mL
4,000
12 AM in Military Time
VS q4h beginning at 0800
Vital signs every 4 hours beginning at 8 AM
5
The __________ is changed to name bigger or smaller units.
54 gm = _________ kg
0.054 kg
Military time is always expressed using _________ digits.
Four
Start IV NS at 75 mL/hr
Start intravenous normal saline at 75 milliliters per hour
Your patient drank 120 mL of water. Convert this to ounces.
4
The pneumonic used to easily convert between metric units.
King Henry Died unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk
0.04 g = ________ mg
40 mg
9:23 PM
2123
Infuse 500 mL of NS over 4 hours. What is the infusion rate in mL/hr?
125 mL/hr
Your patient weighs 67 kg. Convert the weight to pounds.
147.4
The "M" in the pneumonic KHDuDCM stands for _______________ and has a value of _____________.
Milli
1/1,000 or 0.001
0.3 mg = __________ g
0.0003 g
3:42 AM
0342
VS q8h beginning at 0600. What times will VS be taken?
0600, 1400, 2200
Your patient has a temperature of 39.3 C. Convert the temp to Fahrenheit.
102.74 = 102.7
The 2 "Ds" in the pneumonic KHDuDCM stand for __________ and have a value of ____________.
Deca - 10 times
Deci - 1/10 or 0.1
0.02 kg = ____________ mg
20,000 mg
2217
10:17 PM
Administer 0.5 g of acetaminophen q4h PRN temperature > 38.5
Transcribe the order and convert the grams to mg.
Administer 0.5 grams of acetaminophen (tylenol) every 4 hours as needed for temp greater than 38.5 C.
0.5 g = 500 mg