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I wish people would push vocational schools like they did college. We are going to need thousands and thousands of nurses in the next several decades. They're w

I wish people would push vocational schools like they did college. We are going to need thousands and thousands of nurses in the next several decades. They're well-paying jobs that aren't going to be automated away in our lifetimes (a lot of doctors, on the other hand, can probably be replaced by AI). We need nurses, not people with sociology degrees (I say this as someone with a sociology degree).

the_only_law 4y ago
> We are going to need thousands and thousands of nurses in the next several decades. They're well-paying jobs that aren't going to be automated away in our lifetimes (a lot of doctors, on the other hand, can probably be replaced by AI). We need nurses, not people with sociology degrees (I say this as someone with a sociology degree). FWIW a lot of the nurses I know are desperate to get out. One person in particular I know makes ok money but the schedule absolutely destroys them.
- awillen 4y ago
  Oh yeah, it's an incredibly taxing job, but part of the reason they're so overworked is because we're already short on nurses (and for obvious reasons many are incredibly burned out from the last couple of years). That's why the government should be promoting nursing training in order to get a pipeline of nurses going quickly.
sct202 4y ago
Just wanted to put it out there that there are multiple levels of nurses and each requires different levels of education, like a licensed practical nurse (LPN) needs a certificate and is the lowest paid, registered nurses (RN) is either an associates degree or bachelors degree these people are usually what people think a nurse is, and a nurse practitioner (NP) bachelors degree + graduate school.
- awillen 4y ago
  That's one of the things that makes nursing so ideal as a profession - you can start as a CNA and move up, but even at that level you can do things like work as a home health care aide (of which we are going to need so, so many as folks want to age at home). You don't have to commit to education (and debt) in the same way that doctors do to attend medical school to see if it's a career for you.

the_only_law 4y ago

> We are going to need thousands and thousands of nurses in the next several decades. They're well-paying jobs that aren't going to be automated away in our lifetimes (a lot of doctors, on the other hand, can probably be replaced by AI). We need nurses, not people with sociology degrees (I say this as someone with a sociology degree). FWIW a lot of the nurses I know are desperate to get out. One person in particular I know makes ok money but the schedule absolutely destroys them.

awillen 4y ago
Oh yeah, it's an incredibly taxing job, but part of the reason they're so overworked is because we're already short on nurses (and for obvious reasons many are incredibly burned out from the last couple of years). That's why the government should be promoting nursing training in order to get a pipeline of nurses going quickly.

sct202 4y ago

Just wanted to put it out there that there are multiple levels of nurses and each requires different levels of education, like a licensed practical nurse (LPN) needs a certificate and is the lowest paid, registered nurses (RN) is either an associates degree or bachelors degree these people are usually what people think a nurse is, and a nurse practitioner (NP) bachelors degree + graduate school.

awillen 4y ago
That's one of the things that makes nursing so ideal as a profession - you can start as a CNA and move up, but even at that level you can do things like work as a home health care aide (of which we are going to need so, so many as folks want to age at home). You don't have to commit to education (and debt) in the same way that doctors do to attend medical school to see if it's a career for you.