Nursing 1A advice med math

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CAn anyone tell me what to expect in nursing 1 and what I could use to prepare for med math? I'm horrible in math :/ a little nervous to be honest.

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You are about to embark on one of the most difficult but rewarding journey of your life. I hope this website will help to prepare you for the nursing math. It is designed for the nursing student. If/when you need help come check out the nursing student assistance forum where many will mentor you and help you find the right answers for yourself.

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they will tell you what they want you to know. After a while the math will seem like your easiest course because there is only ONE answer, while the rest have many variables. Good luck!!!!

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It's a pretty easy course if your school is anything like mine. If you know the metric system, decimals, and fractions you will do well. I took this course when I trained to be a MA, and it was easier and I'm horrible at math. Pharm is what scares me.

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I'm in Pharm I right now and we use dimensional analysis to do our dosages. It doesn't take long to get the hang of it at all. I do not like math at all...never have and very rarely do I have problems with the med math. The first week I was doing as many extra problems as I could to make sure I had the process down and by the second week I was fine. You can do it! I'm also in Intro to nursing but I'm not sure if that's the same as nursing I?

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[i am so loving this website!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES!! MATH TERRIFIES ME!!]Welcome to AN! The largest online nursing community!

You are about to embark on one of the most difficult but rewarding journey of your life. I hope this website will help to prepare you for the nursing math. It is designed for the nursing student. If/when you need help come check out the nursing student assistance forum where many will mentor you and help you find the right answers for yourself.

Good luck on your nursing journey! DosageHelp.com - Helping Nursing Students Learn Dosage Calculations

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@RN2b2014mville ...you and I are apparently about to enter the same program at Morrisville. :) I see you got your info packet the other day too...I was also wondering about the med math test. I'm not so great at math...but I managed to pull an A in Chem. for Health Majors at OCC last semester and it was a lot of dosing questions with fractions and decimals, etc. I'm hoping it's similar to that!

Will you be at orientation on the 11th??

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@RN2b2014mville ...you and I are apparently about to enter the same program at Morrisville. :) I see you got your info packet the other day too...I was also wondering about the med math test. I'm not so great at math...but I managed to pull an A in Chem. for Health Majors at OCC last semester and it was a lot of dosing questions with fractions and decimals, etc. I'm hoping it's similar to that!

Will you be at orientation on the 11th??

Yes, I am at the Norwich campus though! How are things going? Are you ready for 1B?

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"Math Attack: Strategies for Winning the Pharmacology Math Battle" by Karen Champion RN/MS is a terrific guide book if you're math-phobic. It walks you through different ways to calculate answers to word problems in dosaging math and she explains everything step-by-step. She encourages you to find the formulas that work for you. One person might like the dosaging formula better than a proportional calculation, for example. She gives you sample questions (complete with answers) to work on to test your knowledge. I really loved this book.

I just scored 100% on my last Pharmacology math test, so I think it's worth it!!!

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"Math Attack: Strategies for Winning the Pharmacology Math Battle" by Karen Champion RN/MS is a terrific guide book if you're math-phobic. It walks you through different ways to calculate answers to word problems in dosaging math and she explains everything step-by-step. She encourages you to find the formulas that work for you. One person might like the dosaging formula better than a proportional calculation, for example. She gives you sample questions (complete with answers) to work on to test your knowledge. I really loved this book.I just scored 100% on my last Pharmacology math test, so I think it's worth it!!!
Thanks for sharing this post re the book. I'm going to look into it.
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"Math Attack: Strategies for Winning the Pharmacology Math Battle" by Karen Champion RN/MS is a terrific guide book if you're math-phobic. It walks you through different ways to calculate answers to word problems in dosaging math and she explains everything step-by-step. She encourages you to find the formulas that work for you. One person might like the dosaging formula better than a proportional calculation, for example. She gives you sample questions (complete with answers) to work on to test your knowledge. I really loved this book.I just scored 100% on my last Pharmacology math test, so I think it's worth it!!!
Thanks for posting this. I'm going to pick up this book bc math is not my fave subject and I know when it comes to calculations for nursing it's a must know.
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Great website! I will save this one...

Congrads on your test! Awesome work! :D

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