The Nursing Career Research

According to a nursing enthusiast, “Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and care without a prescription” (Saintsbury). Instead of majoring in teaching, I should major in nursing. Nursing is truly a rewarding and incredible career to pursue because of the praise you receive from saving lives for a living. Teaching can be rewarding, but is often not worth the stress throughout the career. The annual salary, stress and opportunities are the major positive and negative paraphernalia for these two majors.
Teachers and nurses are different in hundreds of ways. When majoring in teaching, schooling can range from two to six years or more, depending on a student's degree type. Teachers must go through a program that usually consists of a four year
Most teachers that have a regular four year degree make a maximum salary of around $52,000 a year for basic teaching. Special education is the second highest teaching degree, which is an average of $44,590. An elementary school teacher’s salary is annually only around $42,777 which is a big cut compared to many other teaching salaries (Budero). Teachers find it difficult to move from grade to grade, or class to class. Teaching a specific set of tasks for a drawn-out period of time makes teachers comfortable with their positions, but moving jobs can also make it harder because of new lesson plans that need to be made. The government changes its guidelines even more as years pass; therefore teachers must adapt to these changes everytime this happens and put their trust into the students to succeed. This major sounds exciting because of the different types of work that can be done, but teaching positions fill up faster than most other majors considering it is so fun and rewarding. Many public schools lack facilities for teachers and usually include outdated books and equipment. Teachers find it difficult to teach students because some parents can be rude and criticizing. This major also usually requires teachers to do most of their school work outside of class, and spend some of their own money on classroom supplies
According to statistics, the job outlook for nurses is at a 19%, and is estimated to grow when all of the baby boomers retire. From 2006 to 2014, the average salary for RNs increased by more than 25% which is a huge percentage for only eight years. As of 2014, Nurse Practitioners made the highest salary of a nurse, which is an average of $97,990 a year! The lowest percentile for an RNs salary is an estimated $54,620. A Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse is the lowest paid “nurse” and that average is around $34,800 a year. Registered Nurses have many options for advancement and salary increases (Registered). To become a registered nurse, passing the NCLEX-RN exam is crucial, and physically and emotionally tiring (Brooks). Schooling for a nursing major can also range from two to six years plus more if choosing to go further, like receiving a Nurse Practitioner License for example. All nursing programs require six hundred hours of hands-on training, and a two year program (Neonatal). According to Wade, UW-Parkside’s nursing director, “Undergraduate nursing education maximizes hands-on learning, technological innovation and training, and a comprehensive survey of nursing theory and practice”. There is over forty-eight different clinical spots in and around University of Wisconsin- Parkside, and many of those spots will be used to complete the six hundred hours needed. Parkside