Question

REFLECTION ABOUT GENERAL, ORGANIC, AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY.  3-5 PARAGRAPH PLEASE :)

Why is it important for a nursing students to learn biochemistry?

How would you apply biochemistry to your daily life?

Answer 1

In chemistry, we study about two types of molecules. One is organic and another is inorganic molecules, our body contains both the organic and inorganic molecules.

All cells are made up of chemical molecules, all the metabolic activities happen in the form of chemical reactions. This makes us to learn about the chemistry to study anatomy and physiology.

The interest of knowing about the cellular process expanded the chemistry in the biological processes, and led to the emergence of “biochemistry.” Biochemistry deals with the chemistry in the biological processes of the cell. It is significant for all the nurses to know about the biochemical reactions occurring the body, which ultimately are expressed in the form of physiological processes that happen all the time in our body. Any abnormality in these normal physiological processes give rise to various signs and symptoms observed in different diseases and disorders.

For example, higher blood glucose levels in diabetes patients is due to impaired of insulin secretion and or uptake. Insulin is directly involved in several metabolic reactions, all of which are interrupted in diabetes patients. So, to understand the difference between a normal body and a diseased body, all the nurses should learn biochemistry. Most of the nursing interventions are framed based on the understandings of biochemical reactions. The knowledge of biochemistry is also important to understand how the drugs work and the underlying causes of various adverse drug reactions and side effects.

Today, biochemistry is the basis for many of the diagnostic techniques in allopathic system of medicine. It is also playing a crucial role in drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and treatment processes.