Metric conversions

[nurse2btracy]

Hi!

I am taking the NET on Saturday. Does anybody have a quick way to memorize metric conversions (milli and centi...)

Thanks

[OnTheRoad]

Are you wanting to convert from milli to centi, or wanting to convert from metric to english etc?

[nurse2btracy]

I was looking thorough the book I have and there seemed to be alot of questions dealing with solutions that as nurses we would have to compute on the job. I know one question was dealing with ml's. I guess I really want to know who to compute this types of problems with the metric system.

[OnTheRoad]

If I understand you the conversions you want would be

1000 ml in a liter

1000 mg in a gram

5 ml in a teaspoon

15 ml in a tablespoon

by the way 1ml = 1cc

2.2 lbs per kilogram

1000 micrograms per milligram

Here is a site that gives common metric to metric conversions

http://tls.vu.edu.au/SLS/slu/Science/UnitConversion/UnitConversionIntro.htm

Another

http://www.accd.edu/sac/nursing/math/convers.html ( I like this one and it has quizzes and tutorials on math for meds)

another

http://www.tostepharmd.net/pharm/clinical/measurement.html

[*Blessed2BaNRS*]

Tracy,

I took the NET test last Tuesday and back in August (my school used a new version, so we had to retake even though we passed) and I didn't have any conversions on my test. That's not to say that yours won't, but on my two different versions, I didn't. Which was a good thing since I am currently enrolled in Chemistry and we just learned the conversions last Wednesday!!! Good luck on the NET~

Laura

[4-us-by-us]

to convert grams(g) to grains(gr) multiply number of grams by 15

1g=15gr

to convert grains(gr) to grams(g) divide number of grains by 15

15gr=1g

to convert grams to milligrams multiply the number of grams by 1000.(you can also move the decimal poing of mg 3 places to the right)1g=1000mg

to conver milligrams(mg) to grams(g) divide the number of milligrams by 1000( you can also move the decimall point of the mg 3 places to the left)

1000mg=1g

to convert grains to milligrams multiply the number of grains by 60

1gr=60mg

to convert milligrams to grains divide the number of milligrams by 60

60mg=1gr

to convert ounces(oz) to milliliters(mL,cc) multiply the number of ounces by 30

1oz=30mL/cc

to convert milliliters(mL/cc)to ounces divide the number of milliters by 30

30mL/cc=1oz

to convert liters to ounces multiply the number of liters by 32

1L=32oz

to convert ounces to liters divide the number of ounces by 32

32oz=1L

i hope this helps to me it is the quickiest way to learn it

Good luck

[heygirl]

When I took my NET exam that was not on there; it's just basic math. Very basic math.

[donsterRN, ASN, BSN]

When I took my NET exam that was not on there; it's just basic math. Very basic math.

I'm thinking the same thing; my NET didn't have anything but basic math; some decimals and fractions, but no conversions.