Nursing student interested in a minor

[cashewlover]

I am in my first year of nursing school and am trying to choose a minor that will will stand out on a graduate school application. I've considered Nutrition or even Spanish, but will this get me anywhere in the long run? Any suggestions?

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I think any one of these minors would compliment a nursing major:

1. Business administration

2. Spanish

3. Public health

4. Social work

5. Psychology

6. Computer science

7. Sociology

8. Nutrition

9. Information systems

10. Human ecology

[llg, PhD, RN]

I think you should choose your minor with your heart and not with your head. In other words, pick the minor in which the courses will interest you the most. The impact on your job prospects is not big enough to justify not being happy. If you are happy with the courses you take (in any minor), you will find ways to use the education to enrich your life and your nursing practice. If you are not happy in your studies, it will just be a series of tasks you complete and move on.

What is your heart telling you that you would LIKE to study? Go with that. In the long run, having additional education in a field that you gravitate towards will be the best possible outcome of having an official minor. It will be a field that you can build upon in the future to either enhance your nursing practice -- or develop into a 2nd career if necessary. Getting a piece of paper in some field you don't really love will not serve you as well in the long run.