Hi everyone! If anyone here was a teacher ( I taught 2nd grade) and switched to nursing, I am dying to know the differences between the two careers that you have noticed. Obviously they are completely different professions but I want to know that I am going towards the right path by gathering more information.
I am a compassionate and nurturing person by nature and feel I could utilize this part of myself more in a nursing role. As a teacher I felt I had to be very mean, stern and a disciplinarian to get the students to work and know the boundaries. I am also a one on one type of person, although I like "performing" for the students in my classes I often times get tired of being "on" every second of the day. If I could teach patients or their families I would be more comfortable in that role. I am no stranger to stress and having incrediable high expectations of myself and my work. Also, I felt VERY isolated as a teacher...meaning I would go to work, spend the entire day with the kids and then come home and grade/lesson plan for several more hours. I would kill to have a few mins. to chat with another adult at work without the impending doom that I have to pick my kids up from specials and get all the materials ready to teach. Also, it would be a dream if my time off was actually mine...what a concept!
So if you taught before and now are a nurse please tell you your expereince and how it is better or worse! I would appreciate it.