How often do nurses have to convert medicine?

Question

I want to be a nurse but I am scared I will mess something up if I ever have to convert medicine. How often do nurses have to convert medicine?

Answer 1

By the time you become a nurse, you will have sufficient training to tackle any of the common tasks that nurses perform.

No worries.

Answer 2

Alot of medicines come standard dose, these meds do not require conversion.. However, alot of IV meds or injection require conversion. Should you consider a Nursing Career, you will be taught how to convert medications. You need to learn this even though, most times, you won't use it. It will also depending if you are working in a hospital setting. It's really not that difficult to learn how to convert medications. I hope that this helps!!

Answer 3

They convert meds everytime a physician changes or initiates orders. Most Nursing schools teach Math for Meds, which has you practice converting all types of meds.

Answer 4

What dfo you mean "convert"? Nurses follow the doctor's orders; they don't change those orders.

Answer 5

rarely, but you still do. most of the medication you give comes already calculated from the pharmacy.