Insurance sales or Nursing?

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Hi, I have posted before regarding concerns about me going into nursing, but just last week I got an interview to sell car insurance. Ok, here's my situation, since last year I was planning to go to nursing school but haven't had the chance to do it(work, got off track, etc.), and just this year I finally decided I was going to do it! As I said in other posts, my husband got laid off last year and is collecting unemployment and I got a part time job (we barely can make our payments with that). I met a nice guy(he sells insurance) in my part time job and told him I was looking for another job and he told me that his boss was looking to hire someone to sell insurance so he told me to go the next day for an interview with his boss, I didn't have the nerve to refuse (to tell the truth I don't really like sales and I don't know if I am going to like it), so I went to the interview and I have a high chance to get the job, but with some conditions: that in 4 months I have to get the license to sell and after that I have to work for him for a year. If I take this job I won't be able to go to nursing school as this is a full time job. Next week I will be expecting his call to tell me when to begin to work and also next week my CC school begins registration classes for the summer. Before this interview I was/am planning to take A&P I (will have to make a sacrifice and pay it out of pocket as I don't qualify for financial aid because I have a BBA) this summer to get my plan into going to nursing school started. I just asked a nice guy, member of allnurses who used to sell insurance and he practically told me that insurance sales is very unethical and I don't like that much. But what I am really debating is that I really WANT to go into nursing(a nurse friend told me that I would make a great nurse) but we also need a steady income to pay our bills and a mortgage(soon my husband's unemployment will run out and we don't know his chances of getting a job, he is getting stress out and worried about our financial situation). AHH, this situation would be easier for me if my husband were working but he is struggling to find a job. Don't know what to do, any suggestions? I need to decide before this weekend. Thanks.

P.S. I posted this in another thread without realizing it is almost dead in there and I really need some suggestions before this weekend, sorry for the double post.

I was an insurance broker for 4 years and I am now a nurse. I have the dilemma of keeping my brokerage license or letting it go. I haven't used it in 2 years. May never use it again. I love nursing and wonder one thing. Is it ethical for a nurse to simultaneously sell insurance products? This will help me decide if I should allow my brokerage license to expire next month. Thank you!

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I was an insurance broker for 4 years and I am now a nurse. I have the dilemma of keeping my brokerage license or letting it go. I haven't used it in 2 years. May never use it again. I love nursing and wonder one thing. Is it ethical for a nurse to simultaneously sell insurance products? This will help me decide if I should allow my brokerage license to expire next month. Thank you!

This thread is 3 years old and many responders will likely not even look at it.

Best to start your own thread for higher visibility.

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I was an insurance broker for 4 years and I am now a nurse. I have the dilemma of keeping my brokerage license or letting it go. I haven't used it in 2 years. May never use it again. I love nursing and wonder one thing. Is it ethical for a nurse to simultaneously sell insurance products? This will help me decide if I should allow my brokerage license to expire next month. Thank you!

I don't really see anything unethical about selling insurance as a nurse. When it comes to life insurance it might be a benefit to understand the disease processes and restrictions that drive up premiums for some people. I don't like the idea of letting really any license lapse, unless it is very expensive to maintain.

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Selling insurance is no cakewalk. Lots of competition, and lots of people avoiding agents all together and buying online.

Like someone said, look at the short term And The long term. Also, never ignore which path also pulls at your heart and dreams

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