nursing, counseling, public health?

[KatieWareing]

I am interested in counseling, nursing, and public health education as a career path for me. I am not sure which I should pursue first. In the fall I can start in this nursing program I was accepted into or I was thinking of going to the university in town and getting a bachelors in psychology and with my minor as public health, and then possibly going to get my masters in counseling there as well. I really am not sure of the order of how I should go about this. I also was just in nursing school for 2 semesters but failed out so if I went to school in the fall for that it is at another school I applied to which is the community college where I live. As of now I work at a dialysis clinic and have noticed how there is not enough education out there about taking care of your kidneys. If you message me I can tell you more of my story. If anybody can give their thoughts, please do. Thanks so much.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

You could combine all three as a RN with the right education and training, and that could be a very nifty career.

Getting a job as a public health nurse or pursuing the advanced certification (MN/NP) needed to be a psych nurse counselor both will require you to have a BSN to start. If you have already flunked out of nursing school you can start over at a CC but you'll still need to successfully complete a BSN and get some real-life work experience as one before you can apply to a public health department or advanced practice programs for counseling.

If you think you can get a psych bachelor's and maybe minor in education, that might be a good choice. Consider going downtown to talk to people who actually have jobs like that and sitting down, face to face, to discuss how they got there, what they like about it, and what they don't like about it. You will learn a lot and something will resonate with you to help you make your decision.