What careers/jobs will always be stable throughout a woman's life?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in my early thirties in a dead end field and going back to school for nursing next year. Absolutely buzzy feeling to know my earning power will increase exponentially and predictably in this field, especially with additional education.

What the heck are you talking about?
Nursing is a fine career for many reasons but your salary will not exponentially increase with experience or even with more education. Many nurses take a pay cut if they go back to school for a master's degree.
You will start around $50K in the DC area and in 3 years you may make $75K. In 10-20 years you may make $90K. If you become a nurse practitioner you may make $80-120K.
That's it.
Nursing is awesome and flexible and has a lot going for it. But exponential income increases? NO.

I find that people on this board ALWAYS over estimate what nurses earn.

signed,
RN with 18 years experience in a ton of different fields including as an NP, a nurse recruiter, etc.

Second career nurse here. Graduated from an accelerated BSN program at age 39; have now been a nurse for six years. Started as a med-surg nurse at a local hospital making ~$50k; six years later, I am up to $101k as a nurse manager. Has been a good return on my investment but there's no denying that it's been a challenging journey.

Second career nurse--are you in the DC area? What program.did you do? What has been the biggest challenge?

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Would love to hear more from the nurses. Is nursing school doable with small children?