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Need metric conversion chart ASAP! I just started clinical FINALLY, after all the academics, and I have to learn it fast!!!

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

1 gram (g) = 1000 milligrams (mg)

1 kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams (g)

1 microgram (mcg) = .001 milligram (mg)

1 milligram = 1000 microgram (mcg)

1 liter (L) = 1000 milliliters (ml)

1 milliliter (ml) = 1 cubic centimeter (cc)

1 meter = 100 centimeters (cm)

1 meter = 1000 millimeters (mm)

1 cubic centimeter (cc) = 1 milliliter (ml)

1 teaspoon = 5 cubic centimeter (cc) = 5 milliliters (ml)

1 tablespoon = 15 cubic centimeter (cc) = 15 milliliters (ml)

1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoon

1 ounce = 30 cc = 30 ml = 2 tablespoons = 6 teaspoons

8 ounces = 240 cc = 240 ml = 1 cup

1 milliliter (ml) = 15 minims (M) = 15 drops (gtt)

5 milliliters (ml) = 1 fluidram = 1 teaspoon

15 milliliters (ml) = 4 fluidrams = 1 tablespoon

30 milliliters (ml) = 1 ounce (oz) = 2 tablespoons

500 milliliters (ml) = 1 pint (pt)

1000 milliliters (ml) = 1 quart (qt)

[h=4]Weight[/h]

1 kilogram = 2.2 pound (lb)

1 gram (g) = 1000 milligrams = 15 grains (gr)

[h=4]Length[/h]

2.5 centimeters = 1 inch

[h=4]Centigrade/Fahrenheit Conversions[/h]

C = (F - 32) X 5/9

F = (C X 9/5) + 32

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
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The instructor texted me back, it was a typo she meant to add but did not.

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