Chemistry/Which kind?

[studentnursemon86]

I am currently in a community college. I want to take Chemistry next semester. I don't need it for my Associate's degree, but I will eventually when I go for my BSN. I am thinking physiological chemistry, which is an option at my school. I am curious which chemistry others took and what kind of program they are in.

Thank you all :)

[INN_777, BSN, RN]

Look at the websites for the BSN programs. They usually list desired prerequisites AND their community college equivanet courses. If some programs request a higher level and some request a lower - go for the higher level as to make sure it works for all schools.

[studentnursemon86]

Thanks for all the advice. I'm meeting with my advisor at the community college and checking into Penn State where I plan to fishing the BSN. I want to do the ADN program first and I figure I'll do it online for the BSN. I want to get the classes with labs out of the way so maybe I can do RN-BSN through PSU World campus online. I'm going to research which chem they want exactly.

For the ADN they're happy with my high school course I took.

[bryan_del, ADN, MSN]

Organic chem will be very useful

[HammockBound]

Penn State shows....

CHEM 101 (GN) or CHEM 110 (GN) & 111 (GN) Intro. to

Chemistry or Chemistry Principles I & Lab

Those are the same for BSN or RN to BSN.

[flysbyemerald08]

If you would like a rudimentary understanding of chemistry then the chemistry for nurses might work out best for you. Unless you are on a clear path toward a chem-major, pre-med, etc then you would be required to take the academic yearlong chemistry courses. These are not glossed over courses and will go deep into the trenches of the topic. Labs would be required with those chem courses as well and although the labs might be (1) credit hour courses they often feel like a (3) or even (4) credit-hour course at times. Interpretation as to how tough they were is purely subjective but for me the chemistry courses were pretty intense. Some students found them natural (grrrr @ those students lol) but > 20% of the class failed for each chemistry course. On top of other classes the amount of work becomes even more time-consuming.