kwatson004

Not sure where Fisherpe was looking with a max salary of 50K for MSW, Indian Affairs, VA, and most organizations will start you OFF at 55K, with License, and I see jobs, however, it is true that you can do ANYTHING in Nursing, get much more PRESTIGE with your job title, respect from individuals, never ending job opportunities, schedules. I have done EXTENSIVE research as I want to work with mental health, and here is what I have found. Masters Counseling ($55K Average, slim jobs) Masters Psychology ($55K, slim jobs, some states wont even license this as therapist) Masters Social Work ($62K Average, Good job prospects) Masters Physician Studies - Psychiatric ($95K, GREAT job prospects, High Demand) Masters Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner ($115K, Highly Needed, GREAT job prospects, LA/NY may pay up to 200K)....So. Yea..I want to help people, but I also want my kids to be able to go to the best schools, live in a nice neighborhood and enjoy nice things in life. My wife is going to school for logistics, I refuse to be bringing in $50K as a Social Worker with a masters degree while she brings in $70,000 with a bachelors in supply chain/logistics. Its ridiculous.

If nurses are getting fired a lot, its probably because the field of nursing is saturated with nothing but women, and women do not know how to work with each other. So, in any occupation with SO many women, you will have a high school type environment of gossip and BS because that's what women like to do. (MOST NOT ALL). Also, why male nurses get paid more, were to busy trying to act like Doctors then worry about the bs