Nothing is going replace manufacturing but I do see more and more men in nursing. Another field is Physical Therapy with an average salary of about 100k. Lots of men there in what used to be heavily female oriented. I also see men running some of the heavy hardware. I wish I weren't able to make these observations.
I started in nursing with a BSN before it was a requirement for entry. The best nurses were always the ADN that were tied to a hospital. he BSN requirement lead to a decrease in number of nurses who wanted to work at the bedside with patients.
A union LPN here makes $35 an hour, with generous benefits and health care with no premium, no deduct, retirement, one year of school. Comes out to $70 a year. RNs with 2 years make $50.
Most women don't want some guy handling their parts, and a lot of nursing is seeing and doing things that are usually all covered up. A female nurse can scope a guy up the wazoo, a male doc often wants a female nurse on hand when he does that on a woman. I've seen plenty of extremely good male nurses, but mostly it's a woman thing just like guys string power lines and work on drill rigs.
Having any sort of degree doesn't make one a nurse, you have to also be mentally strong and work well as a team. Lots of people see the high salaries but can't cut it and quit in the first year or two. We do need nurses and they are worth every penny. I do wish they'd forget about the credentialism. It's like everything else, one doesn't need a Phd for a job people used to learn on the job.
Similarly with the trades. If companies need people that bad, give them a basic math skills test and put them to work, pay them to learn. The HR departments brought a lot of this credentialism on.
Imagine a factory that doesn't manufacture anything, but has a large maintenance staff. That factory will not make any money and will quickly go bust. Healthcare is the equivalent of human maintenance. A nation cannot get wealthy just doing maintenance (unless other countries are willing to out-source their maintenance).
Nothing is going replace manufacturing but I do see more and more men in nursing. Another field is Physical Therapy with an average salary of about 100k. Lots of men there in what used to be heavily female oriented. I also see men running some of the heavy hardware. I wish I weren't able to make these observations.
I started in nursing with a BSN before it was a requirement for entry. The best nurses were always the ADN that were tied to a hospital. he BSN requirement lead to a decrease in number of nurses who wanted to work at the bedside with patients.
A union LPN here makes $35 an hour, with generous benefits and health care with no premium, no deduct, retirement, one year of school. Comes out to $70 a year. RNs with 2 years make $50.
Most women don't want some guy handling their parts, and a lot of nursing is seeing and doing things that are usually all covered up. A female nurse can scope a guy up the wazoo, a male doc often wants a female nurse on hand when he does that on a woman. I've seen plenty of extremely good male nurses, but mostly it's a woman thing just like guys string power lines and work on drill rigs.
Having any sort of degree doesn't make one a nurse, you have to also be mentally strong and work well as a team. Lots of people see the high salaries but can't cut it and quit in the first year or two. We do need nurses and they are worth every penny. I do wish they'd forget about the credentialism. It's like everything else, one doesn't need a Phd for a job people used to learn on the job.
Similarly with the trades. If companies need people that bad, give them a basic math skills test and put them to work, pay them to learn. The HR departments brought a lot of this credentialism on.
Imagine a factory that doesn't manufacture anything, but has a large maintenance staff. That factory will not make any money and will quickly go bust. Healthcare is the equivalent of human maintenance. A nation cannot get wealthy just doing maintenance (unless other countries are willing to out-source their maintenance).