Nursing intermediate

Nursing Dosage Calculations Worksheet

20 practice problems covering oral dosage, IV drip rates, weight-based dosing, and unit conversions for nursing students.

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What’s Included

This worksheet covers the four most-tested nursing math skills:

  1. Oral Dosage Calculations (Problems 1-5)

    • “Desired over Have” method
    • Tablet and liquid medication calculations

  2. IV Drip Rate Calculations (Problems 6-10)

    • Drops per minute (gtts/min)
    • mL per hour
    • Total infusion time

  3. Weight-Based Dosing (Problems 11-15)

    • mg/kg calculations
    • Pediatric dose calculations
    • Safe dosage range verification

  4. Unit Conversions (Problems 16-20)

    • Metric to metric (mg to g, mL to L)
    • Household to metric (tsp to mL)
    • Pounds to kilograms

How to Use

  • Show all work — on nursing exams, partial credit often depends on seeing your setup
  • Always include units in every step to catch conversion errors
  • Check that your answer makes clinical sense (e.g., giving 20 tablets would be unusual)
  • Answer key with full step-by-step solutions is on page 2
  • Use our Dosage Calculations tutorial to review the methods