Double Major with Nursing / Nursing with Spanish Minor?

[Carlos03558]

Hello, I'm a High school junior who wants to do nursing in College. I have been reading that having another bachelors like Spanish/minor can increase your chances of being hired/higher raise? Now the question is would I be better of getting a minor or another Bachelors in Spanish? I have taken AP Spanish Language in HS which means I would start off with 14/17 credits depending the school I choose, and for a minor I would need to have 9/15 more credits depending on the school & for a bachelors it would be 29/24 more credits depending on the school.

[FolksBtrippin, BSN, RN]

I'am fluent in Spanish, but now that I think about it your probably right since they dont teach Spanish medical terminology.

Being fluent in Spanish will give you an edge. You don't need to major or minor in Spanish on top of that.

[caliotter3]

If you want to qualify as a translator (and the resultant job opportunities) you might want to research the qualifications for that, otherwise a major/minor is not going to do much for you.

[Neo Soldier, BSN, RN]

I don't think it's a good idea to major in Spanish because you really won't have an edge if you don't speak it fluently. Some hospitals not only have translators that will come in, some have a phone or a video chat where a patient can talk to someone if the translator can't come in person. It's also a waste of time and money. You're better off learning Spanish on your own time. Just because you majored in Spanish doesn't mean you can actually speak it.

My recommendation to you is, just go ahead and start your nursing classes and if you can, take some Spanish classes (maybe 2 semesters), that may give you an edge on your nursing application when you get ready to apply to nursing school.

[DowntheRiver]

At my place of employment you have to demonstrate proficiency in the language via oral and written test and then you are considered a certified translator. It does come with an hourly/salary increase and you wear something on your badge to indicate you are a CT.

[nursingboy]

As a native Spanish speaker, it wouldn't sound fair to me to be paid more simply for being able to speak it. From what I've seen all that matters in the nursing field is really having that nursing degree (nurses correct me if I'm wrong).

& as someone said, it will make you special, but not that special when you have others like me that grew up with it/have been speaking it their whole life!