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Hi everyone. I am a aspiring nurse and I have a pharmacology question. If a pt have 1 cup of milk, 2 cups of tea, 1/2 cup of gelatin, 1/2 cup of soup, and 1/4 quart of water. How many ounces did they get? I know 1oz=30ml and 1 cup=240 ml. I am confused on 1/2 and 1/4. Could you tell me how to add this up. I am getting ready to start nursing school and I want to understand everything.

When you're not used to metric, it can be sort of weird....

If you want 1/4 cup (vs quart), it's 1/4 of 240 cc. Divide 240 by 4, to get 60 cc

To get 1/4 quart-- one quart has 4 cups...one cup has 240 cc, as you know.

You'll get the hang of it. It's just having to look at things a little differently- and (as I so miserably demonstrated) reading carefully (that was to me - lol....)

Also, and I mean this with kindness:D- it's hard to know 'tone of voice' in written posts vs face to face conversation. I've often thought people were responding in a way that ended up not being the case. This is a place to ask questions- and get responses from a lot of people...my general policy is to assume people are not being sarcastic unless the language becomes really negative (I tend to be sensitive and had to reprogram myself to not feel attacked- it's hard with no real relationship with people to know how they come across).

I think it's great that there's a place like this for future nurses to ask questions. :)

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Xtxrn, i agree with nascar nurse, hugs to you! :heartbeat your in my prayers!

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Thank you :) So glad to have found this forum

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easiest way to figure it out. You should already know this information and figure it out from there.

This you should have memorized

1cup=240ml

1cup=8oz

2cups=1pint

2pints=1qt

4qts=1 gallon

This is how you figure it out

1cup= 8oz

2cups=16oz

1/2cup=4oz

1/2cup=4oz

1/4qt=8oz

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40 oz

1/2 a cup means a half of 8 which is 4oz. To think of a 1/4 how many quarters are in a dollar, 4 right. So if you know there are 4 cups in a quart you know that their is 32oz in a quart, you then divide by 4 because it takes 4 quarters to make a dollar. add everything up you get 40oz. Simple problem, think it through next time.

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JMHO..... for an aspiring nurse, the metric stuff is new, and takes some time to have it down automatically. :)

We all were new to medical math in the beginning :)

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If one cup of water = 8oz then just divide that by 4 which would be 2oz

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If one cup of water = 8oz then just divide that by 4 which would be 2oz

That is not right. There is 32 ounces in 1 quart, divide 32 ounces by 4 and you get 8 ounces.

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I'm sorry I meant a cup of water. @nascar nurse. I did not come here to be lectured. I only came for help because this is a forum for nurses. If you did not want to respond you should have overlooked the question. I talked to a lot of nurses and they were relating questions to me on this same topic. Anyone can tell me the calculations with 1/4 cup od water. NO sarcasm please. If so please move on.

OP, no one is lecturing you. Just pointing out some realities. I will caution you to observe how many incorrect/unclear answers you have received. That is the downfall of asking for help on the internet. You would be best helped by asking someone you know to review with you (in person) what is basically a simple arithmetic/conversion problem.

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Even the incorrect/mistake answers can be learning tools, and what better way than when NOT actually taking care of a patient :)

This is a great place, where new or future nurses should feel free to ask questions...as the saying goes, 'there are no dumb questions' as everyone can learn from them, even if it's how to explain things to someone in the future.....

:nurse::)

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Even the incorrect/mistake answers can be learning tools, and what better way than when NOT actually taking care of a patient :)

This is a great place, where new or future nurses should feel free to ask questions...as the saying goes, 'there are no dumb questions' as everyone can learn from them, even if it's how to explain things to someone in the future.....

:nurse::)

Great Response. xtrn you ROCK!!! :dncgbby:

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JMHO..... for an aspiring nurse, the metric stuff is new, and takes some time to have it down automatically. :)

We all were new to medical math in the beginning :)

Except that she wasn't asking metric. She was asking oz. :)

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