Which is the better Education/Life Plan?

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I am considering the following plans for my education and life:

1) Attend a four year university and get a degree in business or communications (or possibly IT). Then, go to an accelerated nursing program after university to get my RN.

2) Get a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing degree at a university. If I decide I don't want to be a nurse and want a job in an unrelated field and no one will hire me, get maybe an associates in business, IT, or HR, or maybe get a master's?

A bit more about me: I have gone to community college for 4 years (since high school/running start ap program for first year and half). I have an associate's degree so far and am 3 classes away from completing all of my nursing prerequisites. I have won several awards including Outstanding Student, am a member of All USA Academic Team, and have volunteered 900 hours with AmeriCorps. So, I do feel like I need to go to college and get some degree while I have my big scholarship standing as a member of All USA Academic Team. I'm 24, so getting kind of old and feel like time is running out, so just want to hurry up and get college over with. I have been going for nursing bcs it is a safe job in a bad economy, and was thinking of being a nurse esthetician (for medical spa or plastic surgeon). However, I don't like hospital or nursing home nursing that much, but could maybe stand medical spa nursing, although no one will let me job shadow so I don't know for sure. A degree in business interests me, but it is the most common degree in U.S. and would make it difficult for me to get a job after graduation, because of all the competition. The same goes for a degree in human resources. An IT degree is another safe one that I am only slightly interested in. My jobs so far have been in cosmetics, fragrance, sales, as a coordinator of a program, in an office, and generally talking to people/working with people and some working with paperwork/data entry and planning.

It's really hard for me to figure out what to get my degree in, I just want a degree that will get me a job after graduation!

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