General Chem II

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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Specializes in Med-Surg, NICU.

Hello everyone,

I am SUPER nervous about taking General Chemistry. I am not very good at science, and Chem I kicked my butt (I got a B. :/). If you have taken Gen Chem I, can you please tell me this: was it harder than Chem I? Did you do better grade-wise in Chem II than Chem I?

I am super nervous about this course. Everything about it terrifies me. I NEED an A. So far my grades look like this:

Biology- A

General Chem- B

Psychology- A

Sociology- A

English- AP Cred.

Human Anatomy- Haven't taken yet.

Thanks in advance!

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Is general chemistry II a continuation of inorganic chemistry?

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Im taking general chem this semester too, it seems like a ton of math, but my instructer is giving out homework, so that will help BIG TIME.Also I broke down and bought a study guide.

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Specializes in Former CNA &PCT.

Count me in as taking Chem II this semester! Gen Chem I kicked my butt too! I got a B also. I start class on Tuesday >.

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Specializes in Former CNA &PCT.
Im taking general chem this semester too, it seems like a ton of math, but my instructer is giving out homework, so that will help BIG TIME.Also I broke down and bought a study guide.

What study guide did you get?

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Specializes in Public Health.

lol its so funny that other non-nursing students would be thrilled with a B but we start sweating if we only have an A- lol

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Specializes in LTC, Med-surg.

Woah, all your classes are like the same classes my nursing program took last semester. What school do you go to?

Anyway, I'm taking general chem II this semester too. I am super nervous because I heard its harder. I also read like 2 chapters in the textbook which was the same textbook used for chem I and its a lot of drawing. I had to draw the structures of the carbon compounds which was pretty hard. o_o

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Specializes in Med-Surg, NICU.
Woah, all your classes are like the same classes my nursing program took last semester. What school do you go to?

Anyway, I'm taking general chem II this semester too. I am super nervous because I heard its harder. I also read like 2 chapters in the textbook which was the same textbook used for chem I and its a lot of drawing. I had to draw the structures of the carbon compounds which was pretty hard. o_o

I am trying to get into OSU's College of nursing. Prereqs are: Sociology, Psychology, Biology, Human Anatomy, Gen Chem I and II, and English.

And yes, I have had to draw a TON for this class.

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Specializes in being a Credible Source.

I personally felt that the second semester of general chemistry was easier than the first semester but I think that was due (a) to being acclimated to the subject, and (b) the final sections on introductory organic and biochemistry (which I thought were both very interesting and fairly easy).

I also found the topics of kinetics and energetics to be pretty straightforward.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, NICU.
Is general chemistry II a continuation of inorganic chemistry?

It is titled Elementary Chemistry, but it deals with Organic Chemistry.

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