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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nursing is not a blue collar job.[/quote]

PP nurse here, not being snarky, just curious, if nursing isn’t a blue collar job, what is it? I’m a BSN first career nurse and have always considered myself blue collar. I’m not ashamed of it at all, I just don’t consider myself in the same category as someone who works in Big law or a CEO.[/quote]

pink collar[/quote]

Another second-careeer nurse here with a  BSN (bachelor’s of science in nursing).  I love this career!  In many respects I prefer it to my past life as a lawyer.  The intellectual demands are every bit as high as they were when I practiced law, although I suspect that has much to do with my particular area of nursing.

Thinking about the people attending multidisciplinary rounds with me today at the hospital....Is a physical therapist a blue collar job? Dietician? Social worker?  I suspect the dcum public would say not.  I think because nursing was historically a feminized profession it will be viewed as blue/pink collar for the foreseeable future. Many of us do work with our hands and wear a uniform, so that certainly checks some boxes in the definition of blue collar.

To OP, I make less than I did of course. Financial planning is the key if you’re contemplating a similar shift.  Or maybe not - my cousin is a welder in New Jersey and makes $150,000 a year. He’s 28. 
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