Med Calculations (rounding)

Nursing Students NCLEX

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I had two medication calculations on my NCLEX. Is there "leeway" in the answers that they accept? For example, if you convert pounds to kilograms, and get some funky number like 23.37587, the answer you get using 23.3kg is going to be different from 23.4kg (rounded up) or using the whole freaking 23.37587 (since a calculator is allowed on the test), which yields a different answer. However, all of these are very close together (like by 1 or 2). Anyway, would appreciate the feedback!

In the tutorial, Nclex-rn gave me specific instructions to NOT round until I have received a final answer... then round to the given place. I just left the long numbers on my calculator and rounded at the end. Hope this helps! (I passed and I had 4 math)

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