Biology or Chemistry

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Which one of these is more important to nursing?

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more important? or which should you take first?

they're both foundation classes, you learn the basics so you can understand everything later on... i don't know if i could honestly pick one! :)

but if you're wondering which to take first, take chemistry. it was a lot easier for me to understand biology once i understood chemistry.

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Specializes in cardiac, ortho, med surg, oncology.

Both are equally important to nursing. As akbr10 said, a good grasp of chemistry aids in a good understanding of biology.

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For fundamental nursing, biology first chemistry second.

Then, it could be flip around when you study lab work & fluid electrolytes, medication. Chemistry first biology second.

I like Chemistry more than biology!

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Specializes in Critical Care, Progressive Care.

Chem - acid/base balance would be pretty tough to understand absent a decent foundation in chem.

Chem also is the the basis of pharm. The cellular part of bio is very important but on cannot really understand that without chem.

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