What are alternate majors to nursing???
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/home.htm
As described above, there are a ton of health care occupations. Some offer more regular working hours than nursing. A number of universities have colleges of health sciences that offer many of these majors.
There also is Practical/Vocational Nursing, which is a good alternative for people who have difficulty getting into a RN program, or who need to enter the workforce faster.
A person could also get a biology or similar bachelors degree, and then do an accelerated nursing program for people who already have a bachelors degree. That is much more expensive and time-consuming however than a regular BSN degree.
If you intend to study to be a nurse after getting your bachelors in another field, you will need to complete certain prerequisites to enter the nursing program. It also is important to try to complete as much as that nursing curriculum as possible while you are getting your first bachelors. This means completing any required psychology, biology, chemistry classes, etc. as part of your first degree. That will save you a great deal of time and money, because the second degree program will charge you per credit hour and will probably not offer any financial aid.