Teaching or nursing?

[Mildredandmaud]

Neice can’t decide.

Things she wants to get from her career:

-help people (esp children)
-sense of fulfillment
-teamwork / getting along with colleagues
-job security
-variety and opportunity
-being appreciated and knowing she made a difference (she knows both can get a lot of shit, not looking for universal admiration but appreciation by colleagues and those she directly helps e.g. children or patients)

Which job would you suggest?
(I’m suggesting nursing... but I was a teacher and left it, and know no nurses, so am v.biased!!!)

Vote YABU for teaching
Vote YANBU for nursing

Thanks!

"That's a good guess Rita"
Is it fuck

Ha, wrong thread

I am thinking of changing carer from IT to teaching, but I'm holding fire until.i can get work experience.

My friends husband has been a lecturer and she keeps telling me I'm not going to cope with teacher training dispite having a degree and doing a masters. Everything around teaching feels so negative so I wouldnt do anything without trying it first. Dont want to pay for a course I'm destined to be shit at it, friend has really put me off the idea. Mind you it's a career change for me so wages arent the most important factor.

Fuck no to nursing. Said - a nurse.

Another vote for getting some work experience/volunteering in those areas. She could apply to be an NHS volunteer and could see lots of different areas in the NHS (it would also look good on a CV). I'm not sure how you get work experience in teaching/schools probably have to apply to the school directly.

They're completely different jobs! I love nursing! I can't imagine doing anything different!
One of my good friends is a primary school teacher and yes they're both stressful in completely different ways!
Re the family friendly hours she can job share at her primary school and as a nurse I work x2 12 hour shifts per week which include nights and weekends. I find my job is more flexible and it works for me! I couldn't do a 9-5 job!

I agree with others that's it worth trying to get some volunteering experience, even though at the moment that would be challenging and it might mean delaying study, it would be worth it. Although both fit the criteria of working with children, they are hugely different in many respects.

If its a choice between the 2 I'd go for teaching and I've been a nurse for 10.5 years.
My son has speech therapy and that seems like a lovely, rewarding job having seen them work with my son

Individual therapists make a huge difference in children’s lives. Educational psychologists, therapeutic psychologists, occupational therapist, speech therapists, etc.

We know about teachers and nurses because there are so many of them, but there are so many interesting career options and many of them have much better work-life balance potential and some have much better pay.