Are there any former teachers out there who are now nurses?

into the profession? When I was little, it seemed like nurses and teachers were just the absolute smartest, wisest people. Now some of the nurses I come in contact with are hugely ...show more

I think Nurses should get paid most (most have a degree), police second (most don't have a degree, and it's not really as dangerous as they like to claim). Teachers least because they are just bouncers nowadays.

Nurses and nursing aides do NOT make as much money as teachers and teaching assistants do. Why is that? Nurses & nurtsing assistants work 12 hour shifts, whereas teachers/teaching assistants work for half the time, and nurses/aides often have to...

I mean, with the vacations, hours, etc, I think teachers make more than nurses, since they work fewwer hours and less intense work. Nurses have to deal with beign exposed to sickneses, lifting patients, etc.

If it is acceptable for movie stars, musicians and athletes to make millions, why do so many people feel doctors are overpaid and nurses and teachers make so little?

Are there programs out there that offer free, on the job training for such jobs as teachers and nurses? I would think there would be since there is such a shortage of them. thanks

a hospital nurse or a secondary mathematics teacher/instructor with a master's degree?