Jobs with Biology BS degree?

[Izzie]

Izzie's halfway-to-midlife-crisis has been resolved!

This post will be a little long, but I'd really appreciate if some of you take the time to read through it. Thank you!

Okay, I've been a Nursing major for three years now.
With clinical depression and ADD, academic success has been a big challenge, particularly if the class is more assignment oriented- I learn and test very well.
If I can't get self discipline as far as assignments going, nursing school is going to be a joke. Because of all the setbacks I've been getting myself into, I've started to have serious rethinking of what the heck I want to do in life.

Needless to say, I've been just treading water for a while now, feeling kind of down and purposeless.
Finally started figuring things out at the end of last semester, obviously, a little too late. But it was a start!

Talked with my most amazing "Elephant Aunt" last night, and she had an idea that my mother and I had never even considered.

"So you're passionate about Biology, Botany, Nursing, and Culinary Arts. You've been floundering for a while, why not just get a degree of some kind, get that under your belt, and get a job whether it's related to it or not. Right now, it's going to be hard to get a job related to a future career anyways."

Talk about a huge weight lifted off my shoulders.
Everything clicked into place!

A Biology degree will open lots of doors, no matter what I choose to do.

I'm finally starting to figure out plans of attack to help me get things done and be the good student that I really am- and Biology is something I can really dig into and be passionate about!

Not to mention, with the new Health Care Reform, I don't have to be a full time student in order to keep my mother's insurance- EXCELLENT. So I'll be able to work at my own pace and take only as many classes as I can handle.

So, here's my next bit of wonderings.
I want to help people.
I don't want a sit-down job.
I want a liveable wage.
I want a job where jobs will actually be available.

I know it won't be perfect.


What jobs are out there with a Biology Degree that you guys would recommend?

Might help to know that medicine fascinates me, I love research, and I'm a big environmental conservation advocate. Yay nature!
I'm about 70% sure that I will eventually go back some day and get a Nursing Degree, but I'm open to other options along the road.