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Yes, you will most definitely need math. Will you need to whip out a number for a derivative of a function? Absolutely not. It's more like Chemistry math--a lot of multiplying and dividing. An example might be: Bob is a patient with *insert debilitating illness here*. He has an order for 0.2g of BLAH. The vial of BLAH reads 5mg/ml. How many mLs would you give Bob? 0.2 g x (1000mg/g) x (1mL/5mg) = 40mL It gets more complicated than that, but the gist is... it's still basic math! As far as Statistics goes, it's just used for Research. It's good to have an understanding of it, but you won't be using statistical math in your everyday work. Unless, I suppose, your everyday work IS research.

I would highly doubt it, but I guess it would depend on what school you're attending. I withdrew from one of my pre-req courses because I didn't like the professor and it was never a problem for me.

Your scores are improving, so you must be doing something right! Keep it up! I recently took the NCLEX and the main thing I would advise is to have your lab values memorized. A lot of questions you won't be able to critically think through if you aren't sure what the range is for WBC's (for example). Also, take a break! I took one after an hour and it really helped to clear my head. I felt ten times more confident when I sat back down! The main things I focused on when I was studying were: Lab values Isolation Precautions The different signs (Like Chvostek's, allen's test, koplik's spots, etc) Common Med-Surg diseases (Definitely Cushings, Addison's, Hirschsprung's, Hyper/hypothyroid, hyper/hypoparathyroid. I ended up getting all of those in my questions!) Btw, I find out tomorrow morning if I passed or not. (Eek!) But I got the good pop-up from the PVT so I'm 99% sure I passed!