Is Chemistry That Important??

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I Am Taking A Winter Course In Chemistry 101 Wich Is An Introductory Course. It Is A Requirement To Get Into Anatomy , Micro And Physiology At My School. I Have An 82% As Of Right Now With Two More Tests To Go And A Lab Test. Seriously I Don't Know How I Am Getting A B Cause I Guessed On Most Of My Answers For The Last Test And I Managed To Do Ok.

But Im Wondering How Important Chemistry Is For Nursing Other Than It Being A Requirement For My Other Biological Sciences.

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I think it would help you to understand Fluids and Electrolytes balance and PH.

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The only thing I use from chemistry in nursing is the dimensional analysis formula for drug calcs. As for lytes, I don't think you need to know what sodium is made of to understand what it does to the body.

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Every science class that you take will start with a unit of chemistry review. Having that background in place is important.

Plus, basic chemistry will come into play when you study pharmacology.

I know what you mean; there are times I get tired of these seemingly irrelevant classes we have to take. I try to find a way to relate them to the eventual goal - and I know it's hard sometimes, but it does help me.

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I really can't say the chemistry course I took helped me in my nursing studies, much. Any chemistry I had in microbiology or A&P was very basic and did not require a whole semester of chemistry to understand.

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

I'm a student myself, so I can't comment intelligently about how Chemistry helps in day to day nursing practice. However, I do think that having a basic understanding of Chemistry has been very helpful to me in understanding parts of Pharmacology, Nutrition and A&P.

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Thank You All For You Input

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I really can't say the chemistry course I took helped me in my nursing studies, much. Any chemistry I had in microbiology or A&P was very basic and did not require a whole semester of chemistry to understand.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING. I TOOK CHEMISTRY IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH BUT MY SCHOOL DOESN'T COUNT HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY OR BIOLOGY ANYMORE. OH WELL

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

Chemistry is all important especially in my career as APN. A blend of chemistry and pharmacology to better understand the structures of the components of each medication and the benefits/disadvantages before I prescribe for my patients.

Oh, BTW.........I HATED chemistry in college. The lab will NEVER be the same.......:stone

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.
Chemistry is all important especially in my career as APN. A blend of chemistry and pharmacology to better understand the structures of the components of each medication and the benefits/disadvantages before I prescribe for my patients.

Oh, BTW.........I HATED chemistry in college. The lab will NEVER be the same.......

And you were worried about ME spilling the beans about your lab "experiments"...!!!

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i'm a student myself, so i can't comment intelligently about how chemistry helps in day to day nursing practice. however, i do think that having a basic understanding of chemistry has been very helpful to me in understanding parts of pharmacology, nutrition and a&p.

i've been in the nursing profession for 10 years (:uhoh21: gulp!!!) and i can't comment intelligently about how chemistry helps in day to day nursing practice either!!! :rotfl: although... chemistry i think would help icu,pcu,er... you know, critical care. probably high acuity med/surg, oncology (chemo treatment), fluid and electrolyte balance, tpn, meds, nephrology...

when i was a student, i didn't really understand chemistry until second year. but you know what my question is? physics!!! i had to take physics. now i don't get how physics comes into play in nursing. i'm sure theres a very good reason but for the life of me, i don't know what that reason is!!!

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i've been in the nursing profession for 10 years (:uhoh21: gulp!!!) and i can't comment intelligently about how chemistry helps in day to day nursing practice either!!! :rotfl: although... chemistry i think would help icu,pcu,er... you know, critical care. probably high acuity med/surg, oncology (chemo treatment), fluid and electrolyte balance, tpn, meds, nephrology...

when i was a student, i didn't really understand chemistry until second year. but you know what my question is? physics!!! i had to take physics. now i don't get how physics comes into play in nursing. i'm sure theres a very good reason but for the life of me, i don't know what that reason is!!!

maybe it's a way for schools to get rid of so many applicants. hahaha!!!!!

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