Chemistry - how much is used in school?

[stormii]

Hi everyone!

For those in nursing school, I was wondering how much is chemistry used in school?

I'm currently looking at the prerequisites for nearly all the cal state's nursing programs, and I have the option to either do general, organic, inorganic, biochem or integrated with lab. I was planning to just do general since I'm not the greatest with chemistry, but if organic or biochem (example) is used frequently in school, then I probably should do those classes to prep myself.

This is a general question for everyone: Although they state that I can do whatever chemistry class they listed, should I still be emailing them on course equivalency if the assist.org doesn't show some chemistry classes that I can potentially take?

[carti, BSN, RN]

I feel like the only Chemistry I used in nursing school was in relation to Acid/Base imbalances. Even then, I could have learned that in 3-4 hours if I had never taken chemistry in my life.

[Spadeforce]

General Chemistry has never come in direct use for nursing school, or medical school for me. But it's good rain floss so study up!

it shares terms with things in the medical word and everybody should be aware of the periodic table and what acids and bases are but for the more in-depth stuff it does not directly come in use.

[LilyRN99]

When I went to school 18 years ago I was required to take biochemistry. I had general chemistry and organic chemistry and they weren't enough. Organic chemistry is one of the hardest classes I ever took. (Other was statistics.)

[Jeff G]

I can't answer about the details of the nursing school curriculum since that is out of my area of expertise. (I am a Chemistry and physics teacher.) However, Chemistry is the basis for the myriad of biological processes and interventions. I try to emphasize this theme in my courses. For example, the acidity of a drug can determine whether or not it is absorbed in the small intestine.