Minor to go with Nursing major?

[llaura]

I've been thinking about about having a minor to go with the nursing major i plan to have. I just don't know what to choose! I know psychology or nutrition would be very helpful, but i just don't know if those are the minors i want to have. I hops to one day be a peds nurse so would child and family development be a good option? I was also thinking of doing American Sign Language because i have been wanting to learn it for years. I'm not sure that would count for a FL though..

[caliotter3]

Either of the two you mention would be good if you have interest in those areas. My minor was in health science. My intention was to prepare for a MPH and the health science minor had several of the required courses.

[on eagles wings, ASN, RN]

I would minor in another language. It must be beneficial when you start working. I would like to minor in Arabic or something since I already speak Spanish.

[turnforthenurse, MSN, NP]

Psychology or nutrition would be good if that is what you are interested in. Since you want to do peds, maybe look into a child life specialist or child/family development minor. Minoring in another language (such as Spanish) I think would be very useful and now I wish I had a Spanish minor because I am moving to Texas in May. My roommate got a certificate in Gerontology for her minor, though that wouldn't be helpful for you because you want to specialize in peds.

[fleurafor]

Im minoring in Nutrition. Seems useful enough!

[ImThatGuy, BSN, RN]

There are a lot of useful minors out there. Psych isn't one of them, but some you may consider include Spanish or other needed language, business or healthcare administration, information technology, or as caliotter3 suggested use a minor to satisfy the prereqs for a master's degree if you're interested in one outside of nursing.

[llg, PhD, RN]

Follow your heart in this decision. A minor can help you in the long run by giving you more depth ... but if it isn't a field that genuinely interests you, you'll probably not use it much. Choose something that you are likely to use throughout your career -- that means something that you are naturally drawn to BECAUSE YOU REALLY ARE ATTRACTED TO IT -- even if it does not seem to be all that practical at the moment.

If you really love it, you will find yourself using it. If you pick a field you don't really love, you'll not be inclined to use it. You'll be less likely to seek future experiences in that field. Your mind won't "go there" naturally. But a field that you really love can enrich your understanding of the world and you will find yourself using that understanding in ways that might surprise you.

One caution about choosing to minor in American Sign Language: Do you live in a community with a large Deaf community? If you don't have a chance to use your sign language regularly, you will lose your skills. And people are often surprised at how few people use ASL. Most people who become deaf as adults don't use it -- and many children born deaf now get cochlear implants and don't learn ASL. So be sure you will have an opportunity to use a language (any language) before investing a lot of time, effort, and money into learning it.

[llaura]

Follow your heart in this decision. A minor can help you in the long run by giving you more depth ... but if it isn't a field that genuinely interests you, you'll probably not use it much. Choose something that you are likely to use throughout your career -- that means something that you are naturally drawn to BECAUSE YOU REALLY ARE ATTRACTED TO IT -- even if it does not seem to be all that practical at the moment.

If you really love it, you will find yourself using it. If you pick a field you don't really love, you'll not be inclined to use it. You'll be less likely to seek future experiences in that field. Your mind won't "go there" naturally. But a field that you really love can enrich your understanding of the world and you will find yourself using that understanding in ways that might surprise you.

One caution about choosing to minor in American Sign Language: Do you live in a community with a large Deaf community? If you don't have a chance to use your sign language regularly, you will lose your skills. And people are often surprised at how few people use ASL. Most people who become deaf as adults don't use it -- and many children born deaf now get cochlear implants and don't learn ASL. So be sure you will have an opportunity to use a language (any language) before investing a lot of time, effort, and money into learning it.

Great answer:yeah: I guess ASl wouldn't be the right move to make because where i live there isn't a large deaf community and i would probably end up forgetting everything. I think i will choose to minor in Child/Family development because that is the only thing that really interests me.

[9livesRN, BSN, RN]

Life span, or developmental psych would be a tremendous help!