How many of you took Maths in High School?

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I am so sorry because I know that this question may be asked alot. I would just like to know if:

You took Maths in your final years of High School

Are you naturally gifted in Maths?

Did it help you in University/Colledge/Nursing School?

Is there lots of Maths involved in Nursing I should be worried about?

Thank you so much for any answers!!! :)

I took up through Calculus in HS....Calc I,II,&III, Math Methods in EE, Probability and Statistics, Gen Statistics in college.

Started NS and get 100's on all dosage calc tests without having to study.

It helps. :D

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Specializes in Army Medic.

I got all A's in my math classes, up to calc.

Unfortunately I haven't taken a math class in oh....10 years...

The problem with math, is if you don't use it, you forget how to do it. I have to retake a few algebra courses before I start my nursing program for that very reason.

I prefer to take math courses over intercession periods, so they're accelerated. It's not that math is hard - it's just that it's precise. I feel like if I can go through a lesson a day I still have everything fresh in my head for the test.

Took an online Algebra II course last intercession and got an A - normally a 6 month course, did it in 6 weeks. Had to study roughly 6 hours a day for those 6 weeks, minus weekends - but it was still worth it.

I think I'd go insane doing that kind of work for 6 months straight...

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Nursing math compares to what you would get in middle school. Simple basic math.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Taking math was mandatory in the school district where I had attended high school in the mid and late 1990s. All students had to be enrolled in math for 3 years. I had taken 4 years of college-prep math during my high school years. Nearly 11 years has elapsed since I completed high school and my math skills are still extremely poor to this day, although they have always been weak.

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Thankyou for all of your answers! All though I am kind of scared now as I am not taking maths....:eek:

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Thankyou for all of your answers! All though I am kind of scared now as I am not taking maths....:eek:

Nothing to be scared or worried about. As other posters have stated, the math required for nursing rarely goes above 9th grade level (algerbra). If it has been years since you took math at school, and or you feel a bit rusty, there are tons of books out there for self taught refresher courses.The only few flies in the ointment would be how your nursing program teaches medical dosage caculations (some are pretty open, allowing several methods long as the proper answer is found, others are stuck in old school ways where there is one way (the instructor's way), of doing things and one must show all work.Consider also other required courses besides nursing that require math in your program. Chemistry (general and organic), finite math, statistics and so forth may require a bit higher level of knowledge.

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Nothing to be scared or worried about. As other posters have stated, the math required for nursing rarely goes above 9th grade level (algerbra).

Thankyou so much for that reassurance!!

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Thankyou so much for that reassurance!!

You're welcome for the advice, as much as it's worth, however will follow-up by saying one shouldn't worry, but nursing math is by no means always a cake walk.Medical dosage math has tripped up many a student nurse, and in the end some never can pass the class and are bounced out of their nursing program.While the level of math required for nursing may not be *that* high, you would be surprised how many persons do not know simple things like short and long divison, fractions, percentages, times tables, decimals and order of operations. In terms of algerbra you will need to know how to read word problems and understand what is being asked of you to solve. Doctor's orders for meds really are word problems that one sets up and solves based upon what is ordered versus what one is supplied with. You have no idea how many persons go off on tagents trying to figure out information that is not required.Again, best go to Barnes and Nobel and look over some math review books. If you are only considering applying to nursing programs, any of the good NLNAC or similar pre-nursing exam review books should have sections on math.

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