Anyone else bad at math?

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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Hi everyone! I had been out of school for a while, so I ended up taking a pre-algebra class, as well as an algebra I & II sequence. I got stuck on geometry in the latter of the two, and ended up withdrawing and taking it in a later semester.

Upon hearing this, an overly opinionated relative of mine took it upon herself to insinuate that perhaps I should look into another major because of how much of nursing involves math.

I have a "dosages and calculations" book and I see almost all of the math in there is proportions, conversions, ratios, fractions and decimals... All of which were covered in my pre-algebra class, and I got an A- for my final grade in that class.

Just wondering, for the sake of my own confidence, if there are any other pre-nursing majors who aren't exactly mathematicians.

I'm good at basic math. I did get an "A" in College Algebra, but if I don't use a newly learned skill very often, I tend to forget. Sometimes I have to go back and review.

I really never did well in math even in high school, but I just faced my fears. I even got certified as a pharmacy technician and worked in a pharmacy for over six years. Still am not very good at math but I never let it stop me. Math is used in our daily lives. Maybe if you look at it in a different way. I had to take a developmental course before taking college algebra. Now I just finished the university level math with an A! Just put your heart into it! If I can do it, you can too! Good luck!

Im Terrible at math! But don't let others bring you down

Thanks everyone who replied! I bought two of the books that were mentioned. I really appreciate all of your advice and encouragement :)

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