Is in anyone in a nursing program that does not require chemistry as a pre-req

[nursing 101]

Hi,

Just wanted to know if anyone is in a nursing program that doesn't require chemistry. Or does anyone know a school that doesn't require it as a pre-req!

Thanks it would be of great help to me!

:)

[javamom]

I'm in Ohio and in the ADN program. I had to take Elementary chem and Chem for life sciences. For your BSN you have to take Chem for life sciences 2.

I agree with Kavi. There is a great deal of reference to chemistry in any nursing.

Meds is a good example, enemas and their hypotonic, hypertonic, isotonic effects. IV's, Enteral tube feedings and osmolarity, etc.. I could go on and on.

[javamom]

I'm in Ohio and in the ADN program. I had to take Elementary chem and Chem for life sciences. For your BSN you have to take Chem for life sciences 2.

I agree with Kavi. There is a great deal of reference to chemistry in any nursing.

Meds is a good example, enemas and their hypotonic, hypertonic, isotonic effects. IV's, Enteral tube feedings and osmolarity, etc.. I could go on and on.

[NurseDianne, ADN]

Hey: I'm in Georgia and we don't have a required Chem class for our ADN program. I'm in south georgia. It use to be required, I took it 12 yrs ago, but no longer along w/ alot of other crap. Only about 2 hours north of the Fla line. I have a girl in my class now from Madison Fla.

[NurseDianne, ADN]

Hey: I'm in Georgia and we don't have a required Chem class for our ADN program. I'm in south georgia. It use to be required, I took it 12 yrs ago, but no longer along w/ alot of other crap. Only about 2 hours north of the Fla line. I have a girl in my class now from Madison Fla.

[kimtab]

I think Chem is a good thing to suffer through even if it isn't your thing. You will use it! Concentration of solution, acid-base balance, osmolality, all those perodic table symbols and what they stand for (how else are you suppose to know that "K" is potassium?) and the math you do in Chem is good practice for dosage calc.

[kimtab]

I think Chem is a good thing to suffer through even if it isn't your thing. You will use it! Concentration of solution, acid-base balance, osmolality, all those perodic table symbols and what they stand for (how else are you suppose to know that "K" is potassium?) and the math you do in Chem is good practice for dosage calc.

[obeyacts2]

Our ADN program has a requirement of either High School Chem with a A/B grade or a 5 unit Introductory Chemistry class. I had been out of school so long I really couldnt remember if I had taken Chem or not. so I took the class. It was tough but I passed first try. I was fortunate, our teacher was a PHD from Stanford who had worked her way thru school as a paramedic/EMT so all her practical applications were relevent and slanted to health occupations. Much better than some other classes, such as the AP class whose instructor is a rice farmer and the Physiology class whose instructor is a veternarian:( !!!

Laura

[obeyacts2]

Our ADN program has a requirement of either High School Chem with a A/B grade or a 5 unit Introductory Chemistry class. I had been out of school so long I really couldnt remember if I had taken Chem or not. so I took the class. It was tough but I passed first try. I was fortunate, our teacher was a PHD from Stanford who had worked her way thru school as a paramedic/EMT so all her practical applications were relevent and slanted to health occupations. Much better than some other classes, such as the AP class whose instructor is a rice farmer and the Physiology class whose instructor is a veternarian:( !!!

Laura

[nessa1982]

My ADN does not require it, but it is needed to get my BSN so I'm taking it this summer. Blech, I took in highschool and got a D, but I now took all the algebra I needed so hopefully it will make more sense than it did in HS

[nessa1982]

My ADN does not require it, but it is needed to get my BSN so I'm taking it this summer. Blech, I took in highschool and got a D, but I now took all the algebra I needed so hopefully it will make more sense than it did in HS

[EmeraldNYL, BSN, RN]

Originally posted by kimtab

I think Chem is a good thing to suffer through even if it isn't your thing. You will use it! Concentration of solution, acid-base balance, osmolality, all those perodic table symbols and what they stand for (how else are you suppose to know that "K" is potassium?) and the math you do in Chem is good practice for dosage calc.

I totally agree, I don't understand how some programs don't even require chem at all. I totally hate chem, and fully admit that o-chem and inorganic were worthless, but regular intro. to chem and biochem have helped me have a broader understanding of all the stuff that kimtab mentions above. Even though they WERE the hardest classes I've ever taken.

[EmeraldNYL, BSN, RN]

Originally posted by kimtab

I think Chem is a good thing to suffer through even if it isn't your thing. You will use it! Concentration of solution, acid-base balance, osmolality, all those perodic table symbols and what they stand for (how else are you suppose to know that "K" is potassium?) and the math you do in Chem is good practice for dosage calc.

I totally agree, I don't understand how some programs don't even require chem at all. I totally hate chem, and fully admit that o-chem and inorganic were worthless, but regular intro. to chem and biochem have helped me have a broader understanding of all the stuff that kimtab mentions above. Even though they WERE the hardest classes I've ever taken.