gaits72

Hi, I used to be C.N.A. when I was in college because of the pay and flexibility. I used the medical field as a way to get through college to become a teacher. (Everyone kept telling me to be a nurse and not a teacher.) However at the time teaching was my passion. I was a teacher for 8 years but due to layoffs, bratty kids, the low pay, and lay offs I was done. I am now 50 and underemployed. I had considered nursing again since heath, physical education and fitness are my highest values. Plus, the job market looks great in nursing. However, I have such a stigma against being a male nurse. I don't feel comfortable wiping a butt, toiletry work, and being super compassionate and super caring anymore. It is exhausting. I was good at it but hated doing it----I felt like this is all there is?? I am an intellectual and get bored passing out meds and taking care of people. Healthcare is the only field where I can make good pay and retire comfortably. I have investigated nursing so many times since my options are all dried up. Do men go into nursing because of pay? I knew a truck driver who got into nursing and didn't care for it either but liked the pay and flexibility so he stuck with it. Any thoughts on this?