Can Nursing be a Co-major??

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My friend said her major is Nursing,Sociology.Is it even possible to study Nursing with another major??What about the Liberal Arts and Sciences courses you need to take for Nursing?? I dont get it...

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Specializes in Pediatric Hem/Onc.

Maybe her school has nursing majors with a focus? As in.....nursing-psych, nursing-sociology, nursing-geriatrics.

There's NO way someone can handle a nursing program and another major. I mean....in theory anything is possible but seriously? If they can do it, I'd like to know where they got their super powers :lol2:

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Maybe her school has nursing majors with a focus? As in.....nursing-psych, nursing-sociology, nursing-geriatrics.

There's NO way someone can handle a nursing program and another major. I mean....in theory anything is possible but seriously? If they can do it, I'd like to know where they got their super powers :lol2:

Loool.That's what I as thinking! It's like you read my mind.

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It will also depend how the nursing curriculum is structured at a University.

We have had a handful of BSN students who have double-majored in subject matters (Spanish, Psychology). Those who have done this have generally entered with a lot of AP credit (20+ credits) and have taken classes every summers as well. These students graduate with over 150 credits. It is more common in our program that BSN students have minors.

Our nursing program is 80 credits, and a Spanish major is an additional 36 credits. We admit high school graduates directly into the nursing program, and nursing classes are spread out over all four years. This also allows nursing students to take electives all four years. So at the University of Virginia, a double major is do-able (but requires extra work). What is more common is to have a minor (18 credits).

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I'm majoring in nursing and Biology. You have to be organized and completely dedicated. Not to mention, have a real interest in what you're studying.

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No reason why not, if the person is willing to put in the extra time and effort (and is v. skilled and creative at managing the scheduling!)

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I'm majoring in nursing and Biology. You have to be organized and completely dedicated. Not to mention, have a real interest in what you're studying.

But how long will it take you to complete the program?Did you start working on your Bio major before entering the Nursing program?Wow.Thats alot of dedication and hard work.Why did you double major??Whats the point of majoring in Bio if you want to be a Nurse?You must love science! lol

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The school I started at for my first degree offered double degrees. You could graduate with, say, a BS in Engineering and a BA in Spanish or a Bachelor of Music with a BA in....whatever. You could only overlap a limited number of classes and had to fulfill the graduation requirements for both programs. These were intense programs, not the same as a double major, but people did it. Depending on how the BSN program is structured, a double major seems doable.

And as to why someone would do that....why not? Some people like learning a variety of subjects in depth.

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I left a nursing program and when I got a degree many years later from the same school, they made nursing my minor since I had almost completed the degree. Useless, except as a topic of conversation.

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"Why did you double major??Whats the point of majoring in Bio if you want to be a Nurse?You must love science! lol"

I do absolutely love science. I got into nursing because of my personal experiences being a patient. One of them was when I was in ICU for a week and in the first couple days when I couldn't get up to go to the bathroom on my own, no one would answer my call light. My linens and gown weren't changed for almost a week, I had no bed bath. I smelled sooo bad. The nurses were flat out mean. At one point my IV was infiltrated and it really hurt and the nurse wouldn't listen to me or look at it. My mom who is a nurse, flew in from Illinois and when she saw how I was being treated, I finally got new linens and a bed bath. Since then I have been diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis, endometriosis and polycystic ovaries and getting ANYONE to take my pain seriously has caused me to suffer from great depression to the point where I did not want to live anymore. I love providing patient care because even though my job as a patient care tech is stressful, I DO NOT take it out on the patients. I manage my time so that if a patient needs a moment to talk to me, I make myself available. I hate the way I see other PCTs and nurses treat the patients. There needs to be more compassionate health care workers out there, and I decided to be one of them. I'm majoring in Biology and plan to get my Phd in it to do medical research. My ultimate goal is to teach nursing. I originally spent 3 years at NIU to major in Spanish and teach it, so I'm completely a teacher at heart as well. I too have had many bad experiences along with many others here with nursing instructors and I believe I owe it to the next generation to teach what I know. I did take many biology classes before nursing school, and for now I will only take 1 bio related class at a time until I'm finished with the nursing program.

Oh, I also want to add that I'm continually in disbelief at how little my fellow nursing students at my school know of A & P. I have taken 3 A & P classes and Human Biology is absolutely fundamental in truly understanding what we as nurses will be doing. When my IV was infiltrated that meant that the medication that my physician ordered for me was not getting into my venous system and therefore not doing its job. Keep in mind, I was in ICU, very sick and NEEDED that med. When my IV was finally fixed it was kind of like "oops, oh well" That is just so wrong.

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I don't have a double major, but I am working on a minor in chemistry. It requires a year of General Chemistry, a year of Organic Chemistry and a term of Biochemistry.

I'm currently in the second year of my nursing program (we have a 3 year program) and I'm taking my O Chem this year. It's a lot of work...but I 'm really enjoying it.

Peace,

CuriousMe

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

I always regretted that I did not graduate with a double-major. I could have done it at my school (many years ago), but I would have had to take the right courses as a freshman and sophomore. Unfortunately, at 18 years of age back then, I didn't know what I know now and wasn't prepared to make that big decision at that time.

If a person can do it, a 2nd major is something I highly recommend.

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