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A-levels for Nursing?


I want to study Nursing and therefore become a Nurse in the UK. I have decided to study A-levels in Health and Social Care (double) and Chemistry. I also want to do another science subject. I have the choice between Biology or Human Biology.

Which one would be the most appropriate for me to choose out of those two subjects?

I'm a nurse and went down the diploma route as it was better for me financially. The qualifications I needed for that were 5 A*-C grades at GCSE including English, Science and Maths.
I think you should choose the third based on what you enjoy because Health and social care and a science is probably good enough as long as you get passes in these.
Personally I feel that one of the biology's would be more useful in nursing than chemistry. And then human biology I would think.
Just enjoy it; if I were you I would look at the financial sides of the different routes into nursing... because at the end of the day it doesn't matter if you have a diploma or a degree. After you have qualified you'll be encouraged to do further courses as it is a career of lifelong learning and you can easily upgrade your diploma to a degree after gaining credits from other courses.
Good luck with whatever you decide :)

I'd rather have Human Biology. It would really help if you have a deeper background how the human body works, especially when you start your nursing subjects.

Nursing actions require rationales, and most rationales of the nursing skills depends on the Human anatomy.

Biology is also good, but it's more general and will talk about plants, animals, the like. But human biology focuses on people. =)

definately human biology, that's what i studied anyway. It concentrates on physiology rather than plants and other stuff you don't need.

Human Bio. It will help you more than regular biology when you get more in depth into your studies.

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