The following is a list of Internet, math links that may be useful to potential and current nursing students. The sites have been reviewed by Marguerite Tamasy PhD,RN, Associate Professor of Nursing at Lone Star College–North Harris and are believed to be educationally sound. Full credit is given to the designer of these sites. The websites have been listed in order of complexity and may provide assistance to the student at various levels of development. The focus of this page is math for nurses; this author cannot endorse or verify accuracy of information found on the following links.
Nursing Formulas and Conversions
Essential to know!
Delta College - Teaching Learning Center Nursing Math
Ratio and proportion, I V flow rates and rounding rules are presented here. Downloadable problems are located at the bottom of the page.
Midwestern State University Student Nurse Math Quiz
This site contains a drug calculation quiz.
Conversions, Practice Questions, Tutorials, Pediatric Math & Dimensional Analysis
Created by Mary Bennett DNSC, RN, Indiana State University, this site has multiple resources ranging from basic conversions to complete tutorials.
Factor Label, Basics, Oral meds, injections, IV drips, IV complex & Calculators
Created by Dale Sampson, an RN and former computer programmer. Dimensional analysis is used as the means for solving drug calculations. Dr. Tamasy recommends only using an insulin syringe for insulin administration. J
Calculators for nurses
A BSN graduate of Bowling Green State University created Manuel’s Web page.
Drug Dosage Calculations
A tutorial created at the University of Nottingham, England, School of Nursing, takes the student from basics through IV drip calculations. Includes four exercises with answers.
Intravenous drug and solution quiz
A 2002 graduate of Southern Illinois University School of Nursing created this site. It was started while the RN was in nursing school.
Metric Conversions, Tablet Dosage Calculations, Fluid Dosage Calculations and IV Drop Rate Calculations
Four quizzes created by Richard Lakeman, a nursing instructor from New Zealand.
UM.Lessons
This is a thirty-eight page tutorial, created by the University of Michigan School of Nursing.
ResourceNurse.Com - continuing education for nurses
RN (RESOURCENURSE) Reference Center – Medication & Pharmacology References on the Internet. A website with links related to medication administration, patient teaching and Psychotropic drugs. This site includes more complex material and would be appropriate for the student to continue to use as an RN.
Intravenous Dilution Standards. Hospital Pharmacy IV Guide
This website is for the upper level student through RN. It provides information related to how medications are diluted in Intravenous solutions. Check out heparin, magnesium sulfate, and dopamine for examples of drugs commonly used.
Last reviewed 12/16/2003
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