Principles of Chemistry for the Health Professions

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This course is designed for students majoring in Nursing. It combines basic concepts of inorganic, organic and biochemistry as applied to the health professions and emphasizes integration of basic concepts across disciplines and relevance to health issues. Topics include atomic theory, molecular bonding, states of matter, oxidation-reduction reactions, enzymes, and proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids and their relation to metabolism.