Numeracy-related tasks are common in nursing profession and include understanding
nutrition information, interpreting blood sugar readings and other clinical
data, adjusting medications, and understanding probability in risk
communication. Proper numeracy is core ability for clinical effectiveness as
patient safety are at risk if inaccurate drug doses are administered. Calculations are still a significant source
of drug errors !
●Check your abilities in below test in order to self-evaluate your skills and
decide where you should improve.
●Don’t spend more than 30
minutes doing the test.
●You may use a calculator when/if
necessary.
●Don’t use any other help to
obtain a reliable test result
RECORD YOUR ANSWERS AND CHECK WITH THE KEY IN NEXT POST.
RECORD YOUR ANSWERS AND CHECK WITH THE KEY IN NEXT POST.
LEVEL 1:
1. Lucy works in District Hospital which is
located in a distance of 2,5 km from her house. How many meters does she walk
from home to the hospital ?
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2. 30% of a group of
80 patients take medications orally. How
many patients take medications orally?
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3. 1gram (g) = 1,000 milligrams (mg).
Convert 325 mg to grams.
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4. Two thirds of a group of 72 patients have been visited by their families today. How many patients met their relatives today ?
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5. What is the total weight of 3
parcels weighing respectively 2.3kg, 750 grams and 3 ¼ kg?
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6. Mr. Fox drinks 85ml of
juice out of a half a litre carton. How much juice is left?
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7.
Ms Farrow is prescribed 1g of Paracetamol. The strength available is 500 mg
tablets. How many tablets will you administer ?
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8.
If 1598 of the
9400 Nurses are married, what percentage
of the total is this?
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9.
If 1598 of the
9400 Nurses are married, how many of
them are single?
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10. From patient’s
liquid balance:.. 280 milliliters – convert to
litres:
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11. 7.5 mg of Enalapril
is prescribed and the dose in each tablet is 1.25 mg. How
many tablets should be given?
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12. A child weighing 24
kg requires Epilim at a dose of 20 mg per kg. How
much should be given?
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13. How many milligrams
is 646 micrograms?
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14. Karen has to
perform an injection to the patient who is prescribed Phenytoin IV 350 mg. The
injection she has is 20mg in 5ml. What volume will she draw up?
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15. Mr Steward is
prescribed 3 tablets to be taken 4 times daily for a week. How many tablets
should he been dispensed in total ?
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16. The changes of Mr
Kelly’s temperature over four days were registered as 1.2 o C, 2.5oC,
1.1oC, and 2.4oC.
Find the mean (
average) change in his temperature over the four days ?
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17. George Clarks
72-year-old patient is prescribed Aminophylline 170mg I.V. The ampoules
available contain 250mg in 10mL. What volume of the drug do you need to administer
?
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18. There are 940
nurses employed by NHS Trust. The employment of nurses is planned to be
increased by 12 % next year. How many new nurses
will be hired by the NHS Trust next year?
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19. Last Monday there
were 43 patients at the oncology ward, 14 new patients have been admitted since
then, 3 patients have been transferred to other wards, one of the patients
passed away and 8 patients have been released home since then.
How many patients are there currently at the oncology ward?
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20. Calculate 7/8 out
of 320 millilitres.
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21. The Nursing Home of
88 beds records mortality ratio of 12.5 % annually. How many residents passes
away annually ?
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22. A patient’s weight
‘s 55 kg and he’s prescribed 5 mg/kg of drug XXX. How many mgs will you administer
?
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23. 42 % of 69 residents dislike porridge for breakfast. How many of
them would you serve toasts or scrambled
eggs?
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24. A patient is prescribed
20000 units of Heparin subcutaneously. How many mls will you administer if the
strength available is 25000 units/1ml.
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25. A salt solution in
made of 6.5 grams of table salt in 500 milliliters of water. How much salt is
needed to make a salt solution with 200 ml of water?
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26. A patient
prescribed Codeine Phosphate 40 mgs, the strength available is 25mgs in 5 mls.
How many mls will you administer ?
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27. A patient is
administered eye drops every 300 minutes. How many hours does it mean?
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28. Patient’s weight
is 150 lb. What is his weight in
kilograms?
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29. 5,000 mcg -convert
to mg.
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30. A patient is
prescribed 120mg of lignocaine. How many mls are required if 2% lignocaine is
used?
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