what units of chemistry needed in nursing?

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hello, i am taking chemistry in high school and was wondering what things in chemistry will be useful in in nursing. I have heard that ph, and acid/base are needed but was wondering if anything with the elements or complicated formulas or dipole/bonds stuff would be needed in nursing?

Thank you.

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ph is very important but only knowing what is acid and base. Also in chem they will teach you a method of solving problems called dimensional analysis. Learn that well. Otherwise, there is not much chem involved with being an RN, in fact most programs do not require it

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Not that I have seen so far though I am still in nursing school. I mean some concepts must reach over but in reality you are not a chemist or a lab tech as a nurse :) So knowing the basics is enough.. that's why I think normally nursing students only take 1 semester of general chem anyways.

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thanks. Knowing acids and base is pretty easy for me i know most of them, it was just the fact that i didnt understand the bonding stuff and formulas. I didnt know whether it was required, but this clears it up.thanks

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Whilst you are in high school, a strong focus on anatomy and physiology, psychology and nutrition would be extremely helpful :)

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hello, i am taking chemistry in high school and was wondering what things in chemistry will be useful in in nursing. I have heard that ph, and acid/base are needed but was wondering if anything with the elements or complicated formulas or dipole/bonds stuff would be needed in nursing?

Thank you.

Learn all of it.

This may be difficult to believe, but attacking new and difficult concepts and figuring out ways to get some sort of grasp on the material will be extremely important skills you can employ in nursing school and beyond.

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hello, i am taking chemistry in high school and was wondering what things in chemistry will be useful in in nursing. I have heard that ph, and acid/base are needed but was wondering if anything with the elements or complicated formulas or dipole/bonds stuff would be needed in nursing?

Thank you.

A general familiarity with all of those things will help a lot with understanding basic physiological processes and diseases processes, as well as actions of medications and in understanding other types of treatments.

Plus, it will help a lot when you go to get your PhD and become a nursing professor. :)

Knowledge of chemistry is never wasted.

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Specializes in RN, Retired.

I had to take General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry as pre requisites, so you'll need your high school chemistry to help with those. Good Luck!

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Specializes in Hospice / Psych / RNAC.

In my BSN program we had to do all ... bio, organic, inorganic. In the quarter system I was in it took 3 quarters. It all depends on what type of degree you're going for...BSN or ADN. BTW; chemistry was crucial to my understanding of the Micro and Nutrition that was required as well. It probably depends on which BSN program as well.

Good luck to you. I think you can use some of your chemistry from school to satisfy some of the requirements as well if it's within a certain time frame...I'm not sure.

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Specializes in Community Health/School Nursing.

My program did not require Chemistry.

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what would a bsn require?

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what would a bsn require?

Depends on the school.

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