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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She's got great test scores.

She has  high grades, mostly As and a B or two, but mostly because she works hard and studies and not because of  a particular talent in a subject area.

She likes working with young kids. She babysits and volunteers with infants and toddlers.

She's creative.

She likes to problem solve and is good with a routine.

Her guidance counselor is no help- just told her to take a general studies degree.

We don't have a ton of money, she will have to take out some loans, so it would be good if she could graduate with a career and not have to go to grad school right away to make money.

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Pediatric nursing

Pay is decent with a bachelors.  Pay is terrific if you obtain graduate level education.  If she wants to have kids and SAHM for a bit, the field is very flexible with that and it won't harm her at all.  Travel opportunities are terrific. [/quote]

Uh hallo. Its not 1950. She can be a pediatric doctor if she wants to.[/quote]

Nursing is a different career from doctor.  Not a lessor one, a different one.   It's not an insult to suggest nursing as a career option. [/quote]

Sadly its a vastly lesser career in terms of how she would be treated, how far she could be promoted, how involved in clinical work she could become and ultimately how much she would earn. I know, my grandmother who SHOULD have trained as a doctor but spent her life as a nurse (trained in the 1940s). Much as I applaud ALL nursing personnel, telling them they are as important or as "good" as the doctors is just blowing smoke up their asses.[/quote]

You don't understand nursing at all. We are not lesser versions of doctors.  They are different, but related fields. Nursing involves much more generalist care, patient teaching, and case management.  Doctors are specialists with deeper s p specialty knowledge. Doctors diagnose and prescribe. Nurses assess and treat.[/quote]

+1  My sister is a nurse and had wanted to be one for as long as I can remember.  As a top student in HS she was constantly pressured to be a dr. because why should such a smart girl "just" be a nurse.  She finally caved to the pressure and did a couple semesters pre-med before finally reasserting her own desires and switched back to nursing, which she still loves after working in the field for 25+ years.  She has a master's degree and makes a good salary as a clinical nurse specialist and a teacher.

For someone interested a field where you are working directly with children, plus making a good salary, not needing to go into massive amount of debt to pay for school,  and having a variety of flexible options for work hours, pediatric nursing is an excellent suggestion.[/quote]

Ok, maybe a dumb question, but what exactly does a pediatric nurse do?  Are these nurses that work in a pediatrician's office, a school clinic, or a children's cancer wing in a hospital?  The phrase pediatric nursing seems too general. Is this really a specialty in and of itself?

Also I would think that having an interest in medicine would outweigh being interested in children in a field like this. Would you recommend this as a field for someone who wants to work with children, but has never shown a particular interest in medicine?  (I'm thinking of my own daughter here.)[/quote]

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