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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an RN in California, I made over $100K a year with 8 years experience. After COVID I left and went into case management (100% telework) and still make $98000. Becoming a nurse was one of the best decisions I have made….[/quote]

That's great, but as an attorney I make twice that after 3 years and I still work from home 100%. Which one is the better option for the OP? [/quote]

Nursing. Doing the sort of law that lets you make twice that after three years, will ruin a lot of people's lives.[/quote]

So, what's your point? [/quote]

My point is that however much money you made as a baby lawyer, it's a terrible career path for a lot of people. And VERY expensive to get there. Nursing seems like a better choice for many people.

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I think what some of the PPs have been trying to say though is that nursing is a terrible choice long term because of the backbreaking work and relatively low pay. As a PP pointed out, $100k in CA ain't much, and that was only after 8 years of changing bedpans, doing the dirty grunt work that doctors don't do, etc. In the long run, a white collar profession is better, whether lawyer, engineer, doctor, etc. [/quote]

Except:

$100k is objectively a good salary for most people. It's just in DCUM land that you'd wear a hair shirt over having to live on low six figures. Especially for a single person!

You are really presenting a narrow view of the profession. As many have said, there's a lot that nurses can do other than empty bedpans. Many nursing jobs are hard on your feet - just like many doctor jobs are hard on your feet. But I am the cousin who is a case manager. She's not on her feet. She's at a desk. And many other people would rather be doing an active job than sitting at a desk all day.

Saying that nursing isn't white collar is really just leaning into the OP DH's initial prejudice. It's a well paid job offering a lot of opportunity and variety, that you don't need to go deep into debt to pursue. By the way, did you know that most lawyers are earning far less than $100k? The PP who earned $300k in their third year of lawyering is an exception. Most lawyers aren't fancy like that - and even the ones who are, are largely miserable.

I just don't see the reason to discourage someone from pursuing nursing if they think it would be a good match for their interests, talents, and goals. Other than... weird prejudice. Which I think is a very harmful and self-defeating approach.

You can always retrain to be something else later on if you want, too. If 20 years into nursing you decide that you really should have been a lawyer - guess what, law school's still there.
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