Leaving Education to Pursuing Nursing

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Hello, 

I recently left my teaching position. I taught pre-k and kindergarten for three years.  While there are certain things I love about teaching... I mostly found myself bored and not really enjoying the job like my co-workers. Before teaching I completed one semester of nursing school but left because I didn't have enough money to continue.  I would love to return to nursing school.  However, I'm concerned about the treatment of nurses. I have seen many nurses talk about the working conditions nurses are facing right now and many are quitting the profession entirely. Teaching in my experience was not ideal; we are very much exploited. Am I crazy for pursuing nursing again? 

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Specializes in ED & Critical Care CEN, TCRN, CCRN, CFRN, CTRN.

I know this is late, but I had teachers in my program. You can incorporate both. There are clinical educators in each unit (usually). Also, there are a nurse educator department in the hospital. Lastly, there is a MSN in Education for nurses. Come over, we need your skillset!

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It depends on a variety of factors, but nursing is a super flexible career.

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Specializes in CVSICU.

Hi there, my first degree was in elementary education (taught in a pre-k) and I also went back for nursing. I cannot say you are crazy because that was exactly my path, LOL. Nurses and teachers are both overworked professions however in nursing there is a ton of flexibility, depending on where you go there are unions, and there are also elements of patient education in every interaction. Good luck!

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