Teacher vs. Nurse?

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So I am a college student and my current major is Elementary Education, but I am thinking about switching my major to nursing due to the fact teachers are having a rough time right now and the pay is horrible. The problem is I am not very interested in science and I know that there is a lot of courses in science. I'm not sure what to do and I was hoping for some advice or encouragement. Thanks!

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Nurses ARE teachers ;) Just in a different sense.

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Nurses ARE teachers ;) Just in a different sense.

A different sense that is so different it's not even in the same universe. No comparison can be made between the two.

Not being bitter or anything. Just saying :)

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Well, if your in Wisconsin, I can assure you it is not a good time to be an educator :( Plus it's difficult to land a job as a nurse. I didn't like science or math either and yet I graduated with honrs from the ADN program. I'm a firm believer that once you put your mind to doing something, the sky is the limit! I wish you the best in whatever you decide.

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You may want to finish your degree and get your teaching credential. Right now there aren't ANY jobs in any field. Perhaps start taking some of the prerequisites for nursing school as part of your Bachelor's program. I am a retired teacher...I was never crazy about teaching but I was a good teacher. My first teaching job was in Australia for one year ...and I'm talking a long time ago. When I got my Masters my pay increased tremendously.

I recently applied for a BSN program after taking all the prerequisites (I had taken several in the past but too long ago). Chemistry was the hardest; Microbiology an absolutely riduculous amount of work, A & P was hard but very interesting; Statistics I got an A in (I had it before). I got my CNA license and worked in a hospital for 9 months making what I made 30 years ago. I loved the patients, the nurses and the environment of the hospital.

I did not get accepted to nursing school; I needed all A's in my prerequisites...I had 4 B's and 1 A. My Grad School GPA was a 3.94 and my Undergrad was a 3.7; it did not matter. I'm telling you this just so you have something to think about before switching majors.

I'm now looking for teaching positions at the college level; teaching future educators. Can't hurt to try. Good luck in whatever you decide.

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You may want to finish your degree and get your teaching credential. Right now there aren't ANY jobs in any field. Perhaps start taking some of the prerequisites for nursing school as part of your Bachelor's program. I am a retired teacher...I was never crazy about teaching but I was a good teacher. My first teaching job was in Australia for one year ...and I'm talking a long time ago. When I got my Masters my pay increased tremendously.

I recently applied for a BSN program after taking all the prerequisites (I had taken several in the past but too long ago). Chemistry was the hardest; Microbiology an absolutely riduculous amount of work, A & P was hard but very interesting; Statistics I got an A in (I had it before). I got my CNA license and worked in a hospital for 9 months making what I made 30 years ago. I loved the patients, the nurses and the environment of the hospital.

I did not get accepted to nursing school; I needed all A's in my prerequisites...I had 4 B's and 1 A. My Grad School GPA was a 3.94 and my Undergrad was a 3.7; it did not matter. I'm telling you this just so you have something to think about before switching majors.

I'm now looking for teaching positions at the college level; teaching future educators. Can't hurt to try. Good luck in whatever you decide.

Sounds extreme. I got into my nursing program about three weeks before school started, and I only made a phone call to do it. I wasn't even interested in nursing before that. I guess there's hope for everybody.

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Here is my opinion for what it is worth. Yes, Nursing is completely science based, but I don't think you have to love science to become a nurse. Instead, I think you have to really LOVE people to become a nurse. Before I started my nursing program, I had a completely different idea of what I would be doing as a nurse. I imagined it all as giving med, doing assessment and bandaging wounds. I was completely blindsided by the tremendous amounts of poop, pee and puke I encountered. On the very worst/messiest clinical days, it is my love of the patient and my desire to become a nurse that keep me going, not my love of science. And as far as the job market goes, some areas are better than other but things are tough all over, for both teachers and nurses.

Good luck with what ever path you choose :D

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Sounds extreme. I got into my nursing program about three weeks before school started, and I only made a phone call to do it. I wasn't even interested in nursing before that. I guess there's hope for everybody.

Not extreme AT ALL. I applied to the University of Colorado, Denver... a VERY competitive school. Applications had to be in by October 15 for the summer start with ALL prerequisites completed. I know schools are different but a phone call and then acceptance??? Where is this school?

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Not extreme AT ALL. I applied to the University of Colorado, Denver... a VERY competitive school. Applications had to be in by October 15 for the summer start with ALL prerequisites completed. I know schools are different but a phone call and then acceptance??? Where is this school?

It was a new program at my alma mater. Maybe being new it had less applicants and maybe being alumni (they love alumni there) helped.

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