Adult Med-Surg & Critical Care Medication Math
Master adult medication calculations and high-yield medication knowledge through 350 practice questions across 13 core competencies. Features progressive educational hints, worked step-by-step solutions, full-length simulation exams, and anonymous analytics.
Choose Your Study Pathway
Select between traditional nursing school exams, high-acuity ICU calculations, or targeted topic drills.
Nursing Med Math Exam
Standard Adult Med-Surg Floor
Traditional nursing-school dosage calculation exam. Balanced mix of unit conversions, oral tablets & liquids, IV pump rates, gravity drip rates, insulin, reconstitution, and basic weight-based dosing without heavy ICU drips.
Critical Care Exam
High-Acuity ICU & Emergency
Advanced critical care math: weight-based vasoactive drips (mcg/kg/min, mcg/min), heparin titration protocols, DKA insulin infusions, inotropes, and multi-step ICU workflows.
Practice by Category
Targeted Remediation & Drills
Randomized practice on specific calculation skills. Includes 3 progressive hints per question, step-by-step solutions, and immediate feedback.
13 Adult Clinical Core Competencies
Organized into standard Medical-Surgical floor administration and high-acuity Critical Care tracks.
Metric & Unit Conversions
Convert weights, volumes, and time units commonly used in clinical calculation.
Basic Medication Dosage
Tablets, capsules, and liquid concentrations using Desired over Have arithmetic.
IV Pump Rates
Continuous infusions, IV piggybacks, and partial-hour pump rate calculations in mL/hr.
Gravity Drip Rates
Macrodrip and microdrip tubing calculations in drops per minute (gtt/min).
Infusion Time & Completion
Calculate total run time and remaining infusion time from volume and rate.
Insulin
Insulin types, onset/peak/duration, administration safety, sliding scales, scheduled doses, and insulin calculations.
Weight-Based Adult Medications
Adult weight conversions (lb to kg) and weight-based doses in mg/kg, mcg/kg, or units/kg.
Anticoagulants
Heparin, LMWH, warfarin, DOACs, laboratory monitoring, reversal agents, safety, and anticoagulant calculations.
Critical-Care Infusions
Vasoactive infusions (norepinephrine, dopamine, epinephrine) in mcg/kg/min or mcg/min to mL/hr.
Multi-Step Critical Care
Challenging ICU problems requiring pound conversion, microgram dosage, and pump programming.
IV Medication Concentrations
Determine drug concentrations in mg/mL or mcg/mL and calculate titration delivery rates.
Powder Reconstitution
Diluent addition, displacement volume, resultant vial concentration, and volume to draw up.
Electrolyte Replacement
Potassium chloride, magnesium sulfate, and calcium replacement rates and dilutions.