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mg → mL
Work out the volume to give from the prescribed dose and the medicine amount/volume in the available strength.
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Core Medication Calculations
Build confidence with the everyday medication calculations nurses use most often, from mg to mL through to drawing up and weight-based dosing.
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mg → mL
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Work through Core Medication Calculations
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Tablets & Capsules
Calculate the number of dosage units and handle fractional or awkward results without automatic rounding.
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Weight-Based Dosing
Doses written per kilogram, including per-dose and per-day orders, then converting a liquid dose to mL when needed.
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Drawing Up Medication
Calculate the required mL, then reproduce that volume on an illustrative graduated syringe.
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Foundation, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced are quiz levels for each lesson, separate from the teaching lesson itself.
LEVEL 01
Foundation
Understand the question
LEVEL 02
Beginner
Calculate it
LEVEL 03
Intermediate
Interpret it
LEVEL 04
Advanced
Reason through it
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