All right, let's move forward. How to
convert pounds lb to kilograms kg. Now,
remember there are 2.2 pounds in 1
kilogram. So, we've got the blue box for
2.2 and the reddish box for 1 kilogram.
When you're converting kilograms to
pounds, the numbers of pounds will be
higher. So, if you're someone who's used
to weighing yourself in kilograms and
then you see what that number is in
pounds, you're going to be shocked,
right? Because it's going to be higher.
But if we're converting pounds to
kilograms, the number of kilograms will
be smaller than pounds because there are
more pounds in one kilogram.
Okay, so let's do some practice. Enough
talk. Let's start getting into a
practice question. Mr. Burton weighs
198 pounds. How many kilograms does Mr.
Burton weigh? Okay, so when you're
converting pounds to kilogram, remember
the number of kilograms will be smaller
than the number of pounds. Why? Because
there's 2.2 lb in every kilogram. So,
we've got that there. So, we know that
he weighs 198 pounds. So, we're going to
divide
198 by 2.2 to find the correct number of
kilograms. So 198 / 2.2 equals ding a
perfect 90 kg. See, thank you Mr. Burn
for having such a perfectly appropriate
kilogram weight. So 198 lb divided by
2.2, which is the number of kilograms in
a pound, equals 90 kg. So if we're going
to do a weight-based medication for Mr.
Burton in kilograms, we've now converted
his weight from pounds to kilograms.
Now, Miss Leighton's weight is recorded
as 75.3 kg. Her health care provider,
that's what HCP stands for, her health
care provider ordered a medication
dosage that requires pounds. So, what is
Miss Leighton's weight in pounds? Okay,
so we're going to take her from 75.3 kg
and convert it to pounds. Right now,
before we do that, is that number going
to be higher or lower?
Well, there's 2.2 2 kg in every pound.
So when we go from kilogram to pounds,
that number is going to be higher. So
you multiply 75.3 kg by 2.2 to find the
correct number of pounds. Remember, we
expect that number to be bigger. So 75.3
kg* 2.2 equals
165.66
lb. All right. So see how we did that?
We went from 75.3 kg. We know there's
2.2 kg in each pound. So, we multiply
75.3 * 2.2 to get Miss Leighton's weight
in pounds. Now, why do we do that?
Because we had an order that requires us
to know the weight of the patient in
pounds.
Okay. Now, let's talk just really
briefly about fractions. Sometimes these
tweak people out. Sometimes it's no
problem for you, but we're going to go
over it anyway. So, if you're already
comfortable with this, just celebrate
that this isn't hard for you. But if a
patient's weight is listed as a
fraction, we want you to use these
decimals. So, if you see 1/4th, that's
0.25.
1/2 is 050
and 3/4 is 0.75.
So, if you weigh 1 and a4 pounds, it
would be 1.25.
So, that's probably very familiar to
you. If it's not, you've got it right
here as a reference.
Okay, now it's your turn to practice. We
want you to practice converting pounds
to kilograms and kilograms to pounds.
So, complete the 10 practice problems in
your downloadable material and then
check your answers.
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