Roberta Said:

B.S Health Science Degree?

We Answered:

The BS in health sciences is really meant to be a degree that is earned prior to earning a masters degree in one of the fields you mentioned. You really cannot get any signficant jobs with a BS in health sciences...it's mostly meant so that you can take the courses you require for your master's degree without having to take a lot of classes you don't need. A BS in biology is certainly appropriate too, but you'll wind up taking some extra classes that you don't need for the PT, OT or SLP degree.

Hilda Said:

Is a 4 yr degree still worth it if it takes much longer than 4 yrs?

We Answered:

If you didn't like speech therapy, and have always wanted to be a nurse, certainly don't go back and get your MS in speech therapy. That'd be a recipe for failure.

You want to be a nurse. You've always wanted to be one. Do it! It's not only what you want, but it's an in-demand career. And a couple more years isn't much time to invest if you end up doing what you've always wanted to do. In fact, I think that's a great deal.

Sure, maybe in an ideal world, you'd have studied nursing right off the start. But you didn't. It would be far worse for you to try to force yourself to study and work in a field you don't like, when with only two years of study, you could end up being a nurse!

And someday, if you want to make your family happy, you can go back and get a master's degree in something related to your new nursing career. But for now? I think you're doing the right thing.