24-Hour Clock Practice (Military Time)

The nurse starts IV fluids at 1730. What is the time when using the AM and PM clock?

• 7:30 PM

• 5:30 AM

• 7:30 AM

• 5:30 PM

The nurse helps the patient ambulate up and down the hallway at 11:30 AM. How will the nurse chart the ambulation time using the 24-hour clock?

• 1130

• 2330

• 0030

• 0130

A patient was admitted to your unit at 0045. What time did the patient arrive to your unit when referring to the AM and PM clock?

• 12:45 AM

• 1:45 AM

• 12:45 PM

• 1:45 PM

At 18 minutes after midnight the nurse starts the 2nd unit of PRBCs (packed red blood cells) on a patient needing a total of 3 units. What time will the nurse document that the 2nd unit of PRBCs was started (using the 24-hour clock)?

• 2418

• 1218

• 0018

• 0118

The nurse administers a sleep medication to a patient with insomnia at 10:00 PM. What time did the nurse administer the medication using the 24-hour clock?

• 1000

• 1800

• 1900

• 2200

A patient can have pain medication every 4 hours as needed for pain. The patient requests a dose of pain medication. The nurse assesses the MAR and finds that the patient’s last dose was at 1200. When can the patient have another dose of pain medication?

• 1400

• 1600

• 0400

• 1800

A patient is being transported to ultrasound for testing. The transporter takes the patient to ultrasound at 1:39 PM. The nurse documents the patient left the room at what time (using the 24-hour clock)?

• 0139

• 0039

• 1536

• 1339

A patient’s blood pressure is 190/114. The nurse assesses the patient’s MAR and notes that the last dose of blood pressure medication was given at 1950. What is the time using the AM and PM clock?

• 8:50 PM

• 7:50 PM

• 9:50 PM

• 10:50 PM

The nurse performs endotracheal suctioning on a patient at 11:15 PM. The nurse will document the time as (using the 24-hour clock)?

• 1115

• 2415

• 2315

• 2215

A nurse from a previous shift entered a nursing note in the patient’s record at 1749. What time was this note entered using the AM and PM clock?

• 3:49 AM

• 5:49 PM

• 7:49 AM

• 7:49 PM