Should I still pursue Nursing as a career even if I'm not excellent in math?

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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To start, I am great in science! I love science. This is my second semester in college. I have an A in A&P I and the lab and I have a B in Biology and an A in that lab. Science is very interesting and I can engage in it. However, math has always been my weakness. I mean I can do basic math like add and subtract however functions and equations tend to confuse and frustrate me. I'm in intermediate algebra now and its ok but I take College Algebra in the fall. I'm so scared. I really need to pass College Algebra. But first I need to pass Intermediate! I have a C in the class now. I know in nursing school I will have to do conversions and all that and know the proper dosages. I am just really intimidated. I know that I will have to take pharmacology in nursing school and that is math. I do not know what to do!!! Should I change majors? Thoughts?

This is very helpful and inspirational

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Specializes in Oncology/hematology.

As a nurse, the math you will need is division and multiplication. If you break down those huge, long calculations, it's just a long row of fractions, and really, that's just division and multiplication. I am a total math geek. Just love it. Aced college algebra and then, took honors college algebra for fun (yes, I said it). But, I have used NONE of it in nursing school. The conversions you do in chemistry are pretty much all drug calculations are.

Don't worry. You'll be just fine!

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yes, you certainly should!

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This post has given me great hope. I shy away from Nursing about 13 years ago because I repeated A&P twice. I went into Social Work thinking that I wasn't strong enough in Math and Sciences to do Nursing. Now I realized that God was leading me to be ready for Nursing at a time like now. My husband got sick in 2013 and then my son in 2014 . As I'm dealing and coping with their illnesses, I keep thinking that I'm ready to enter the nursing career now. I've always been scared of Math and Sciences and thats the reason I gave up being a Nursing major in the past, but the Lord keeps putting me in the paths of Nursing. I did my BSW internship at a Hospital, my first job was at Hospital, and I worked 12 years at a Healthcare agency, and recently worked at a Nursing Home. I truly discovered my love for Nursing when I worked at the nursing home. What advice do you nurses have for me? I spoke to one of my Professors who told me not to pursue nursing because of my weaknesses in Math and Science. What should I do? I'm having a hard time finding a job in my field now because I don't have my licensure as an MSW.

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Specializes in Emergency Room, CEN, TCRN.

just remember desired dose / dose on hand x vehicle.

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