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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH grew up in a rural town where like the default path for a LOT of the women in his graduating class was to go into nursing.  He wants to dissuade our DD from the field because he feels it is underpaid, [b]over worked[/b], and not given enough respect in the profession.  He claims they barely break $100k, despite working long hard hours responsible dozens of patients.

My impression is that there is a nursing shortage, and I would expect salaries to rise to approach $150k or so, a solid professional salary.  And if you go into a specialty, like CNP or CNA you can break $200k riveling pediatricans and internist salaries.

Love to hear stories of nurse careers to balance out my DH's long list of RNs scrapping by in rural Georgia![/quote]He's probably speaking out of observation, especially now that covid is around.  I, too, am seeing high burnout not in rural GA.  It doesn't matter if he is right, at 18 [b]she has the right to do whatever she wants[/b], so long as she takes out her own loan.  He has the right to tell her about his classmates and you have the right to spout off stories from the internet.

I actually think your husband is awesome for introducing her to real-life mentors or BeenThereDoneThat scenarios.  I think Take your child to work day should have an additional spin-off where 15-year-olds don't have to go to mom or dad's but rather can pick a professional and spend a day with them.  Then when they are 16, they have someone to ask for an internship or can go the opposite way.  Take your child to work has become "Family Day"/on-site daycare with coloring and games for kids too young to be thinking about internships, but is still valuable to understand what mommy and daddy do when they are gone.[/quote]

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