AH! Nutrition Science vs. Nursing. Which one?

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Good evening guys.

I've moved to a city that offers one of the best nursing programs in the state & now I'm getting the jitters re: careers.

(perhaps the volunteer work in telemetry will help)

I love nutrition and am a health nut and they are many things I'm oppossed to in nursing; however, if I pursue psychiatric nursing I wont' have to deal with all the shots and catheters etc.

I just don't know. My passion is health food and educating others on the dangers of sugar, fat, carcinogens, etc. However, would not a B.S. in Nutrition limit me?

Can't I teach nutrition to patients in a professional indirect way?

Plz respond . Thx kindly!!

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Specializes in MS Home Health.

I have an ADN, and a BS and MS in nutrition and I am very happy I took the later. It was much more interesting than nursing but NOT easier. Nutrition science is very hard. The later degrees excelled my career forward/no additional compensation though but that is okay and not why I went to obtain them. I went back for me to learn about nutrition science to make me more knowledgeable about food.

renerian

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Renerian,

thx for your response.

Quick questions--why is food science so difficult?

I do NOT have a propensity for math and chemistry (quantitative and reasoning) so perhaps nursing will be better for me...

lastly, can one purse a master's in nutrition only with an undergrad. in nutrition as well?

Thx again.

Pilar

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