would having both of a BSN and a BS in..

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Next year I am thinking about doing a dual health program .BS in Health Science from Drury and a BSN from Cox College simultaneously. I got told that it would take 4 years to do both at the same time. it would cost flat tuition rate of $10,950/academic year. tuition will be split between the fall and spring semesters ($5,475/semester), and will have summer coursework, will not be charged for tuition. Textbooks and supplies (scrubs, sim kits, etc.) are not included in that total.

1. I am wondering what a BS in Health Science is used for?

2. How it would help my Nursing career?

3.would it help me find jobs more and have better pay having both?

4. is it worth it having both?

5. any other info if anyone has on having both of these together would be great.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Been a nurse 38 years. See ZERO advantage to having a health sciences degree in addition to BSN. (In general, a HS degree is a very vaguely defined means of putting a 'failed' professional program- nursing, RT, etc - into a degree.) I can't think of a single thing you could do with it that you can't do with a BSN. My advice would be concentrate on nursing- it's hard enough!

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

A non-nursing BS will not add any value to your ability to obtain a job and launch your nursing career. "Health Science" is a sort of a liberal artsy type of degree because it doesn't really qualify you for anything or provide you with any marketable skill. If you're doing it for personal development, go for it... but don't expect any tangible return on that investment.

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

Not worth it! It will get you no where to have the dual major. Plus, you're going to be so busy with your core nursing curriculum that you're going to wish you'd never added more on to your plate. Nursing school isn't just a few classes. You've got clinicals, skills lab, etc. It's very time consuming.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

duplicate threads merged

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Complete waste of time. Invest that money in graduate school.

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Specializes in Ambulatory Case Management, Clinic, Psychiatry.

I 2nd/3d/4th all of those above.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Can't see any use for it other than a slick marketing by the college to get more students and more money! Don't do it! I checked into it and see the colleges have merged and offer this dual program for the health science and then either an AS medical assisting or a BSN. A medical assistant usually starts out at $10/hr it's crazy to get a BS/AS to be paid $10/hr vs a BSN starts at around $24-25 where I live and I'm sure other places even more along the coasts etc. Don't see any practical reason to get a BS health sciences other than to prop up the other college. What concrete, practical uses for a BS in health sciences do they offer as reason to get this very unneccessary degree? Personally I can't think of any?

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Ughhhh I have a BS in health promotion and education and im getting my BSN. The first degree is utterly worthless (except it cost me 40k). I will be in serious debt when I graduate but having both degrees is not gonna get me a dime extra, it was my own fault I screwed around in school the first time.

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I echo what the other posters have said: DON'T DO IT!

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thank you everyone. i am just going to go to cox for my BSN then. They said it would be 43k for it and they do offer the credit classes i need to get into the BSN and that is with the 43k. I thought the dual program would of been good thinking 2 degrees for the price of one and thinking th HS one with help but seeing what you all said it would not. so it would be worthless for me to drive 2 hrs one way for that school when i can drive 40 mins to this one for the same thing. and not drive 2 hrs for 2 different schools.

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