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You are still making some very big assumptions on how easy it is to drop a career and swap to a new one. Do people do it? Yes they do, but it’s not easy.

Once you have things like a family, car payment, mortgage, etc. It can be really hard to restart.

Also being a registered nurse takes 4 years plus certifications. Being a teacher varies wildly state to state.

You are definitely approaching this from a mindset of being either just in college or early/no career and having low liabilities/commitments in life. Which if that’s where you are I encourage people in that stage of to seek out something rewarding. It only gets harder the long you wait in life and the more you develop the career you are in.

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Photonic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
And you are making assumptions on how hard it would be. People do it all the time. The hard part is breaking the habit and getting out of the comfort zone. And to stay in the comfort zone people throw up hurdles for themselves, making it seem harder than it is.

Even you are trying to make it seem worse than it is, citing a four-year training when I just told you that during that training the trainee nurses are usually working on the floor in paid internships within a year.

So like I said, the hard part is not the actual switch, but the mental process to start the switch, getting out of the groove that you’re stuck in and overcoming perceived barriers that you build up in your own mind.

Anyway, what the OP said was that it would be hard finding a job that benefits society. And finding the job isn’t very hard once you’re trained.

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- arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Once again being an RN is a 4 year degree. Are you thinking of LPN?
  
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  - Photonic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Are you saying being an LNP doesn’t benefit the human race…?
    
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    arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Why are you fishing for a further argument on a day’s old post. That’s kinda weird dude
    
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  - Photonic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I know RN is a total of 4 years, but it’s simply not true that Clinicals usually only start in the last year. Maybe in the past, but nowadays it starts a lot sooner.
    
    Depending on the nursing program—whether ADN, BSN, or accelerated—clinicals may begin as early as the first semester or as late as the second year.
    
    Also check out this Reddit post.
    
    And that still doesn’t disprove what I said about the availability of nursing jobs. I’m getting a bit tired of this moving of the goal posts.
    
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    oceancloud@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Nursing school is incredibly difficult both to get into and to complete. There may be a lot of nursing jobs available in your area for this very reason.
    
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