Nursing/Biology Degree Question

[Bella810]

I have been in school for a few years now. As of now I have 8 classes to complete in order to have a biology degree. I was going to graduate in May 2014 with a Bachelors in Biology. My plan was to apply to an ABSN program and graduate in Dec 2015. However, I was just accepted into nursing school and begin this upcoming fall semester. I will graduate in Dec 2015 as well.

My issue is that I cannot decide whether I should get my Biology degree and then go to the ABSN program, focus on nursing degree only, or continue with a double major and do Nursing/Biology simultaneously?

Thank you for your help!

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

The biology degree is not going to get you where you want to go, career-wise. And you'll be putting yourself under extreme pressure trying to complete both. I would drop it for now, complete the nursing degree and then -if it's till important to you, go back and finish it. Likely the eight remaining courses are upper-level courses, not just the basic gen ed stuff, right? I'd just concentrate on nursing for right now. (PS- I have a liberal arts/ biology degree, all it does is clutter up my resume' right now!)

[mind_body_soul RN]

If you have only 8 classes left for the biology degree, and you feel that it is possible to do both, then do both. A lot of schools have time limits on how long math and science courses are good for, it would suck if you decided down then line that you wanted to finish the biology degree and learned that you would have to repeat classes. I completed 2.5 years of a BS degree before dropping out to attend nursing school at a community college. Sure wish I had finished the original bachelor's and then done the ABSN program....