Two careers is there anybody else doing something similar?

I am starting my first year of Nursing tommorow, my second degree. My first degree is in Education, I taught for a year and always wanted to be a nurse. I don't have kids and felt I should go back while I am still really young to pursue something else I have always wanted to do, and my end goal is to work part time as a teacher (half days or every other day) and part time or casual as a nurse when I finish. I have spoken with alot of people about this, many who have been really positive and many who have said theres no way a person can juggle two part time professions and I have to choose. It got to the point where I just couldn't choose so I am going for it and it would break my heart to have to give either one up. As far as hours per week go, it wouldn't be any more than if I chose one to do full-time, just that your mind would be between two different professional jobs. Surely I can't be the only person out there who has done something like this, and I just wanted to put it out there to see if anybody else who is a Nurse works part time in another professional job, and what your opinions on this may be? I appreciate any feedback! thanks!
One of my professors works 7 days on, 7 off at a local hospital and he teaches class on weekdays when he doesn't work. Both of those jobs are full-time, he must have 30 hours in each of his days or something; I sure couldn't do that on normal-human 24 hour days.

Who cares what anyone else says, do what you feel is right. Just remember you may be working 40+ hours a week at two jobs, but you wouldnt get benefits or paid vacation that way. Why dont you consider doing nursing for a while and go into nursing education later?

Quote from JayMar23I just wanted to put it out there to see if anybody else who is a Nurse works part time in another professional job, and what your opinions on this may be? I appreciate any feedback! thanks!

What I would wonder about would be benefits and things like that... I think if you want to do it, you will make it work. Although when life comes up -aka family, hobbies, etc. You might end up spending more time in one profession versus the other. I work two jobs now, one in hospice and one in acute care. The acute care is my primary and is full time. Hospice is one day a week. I don't see why you couldn't do the same , but have one teaching and one nursing.If I were you, I might also look into finding something in the middle: a school nurse or teaching nursing...

I am a music educator so my education degree was specific to that, and that is my passion so I would look to do that part time nad nurse part time. With vacation time, isn't it just 6% of your hours so you would still technically get as much just half of the pay if you were half time?

Thanks for the responses. I think it is possible too and I would probably work about 50 hours a week most weeks but then there would be summers and stuff where I could just keep working part time to take a bit of a break. I am trying not to worry alot about it as things always seem to work out in the end. As nurses, how much work do you take home with you/extra research and what not?

While trying really hard not to be a Debby Downer, I will say that in my opinion, a nursing career is really tough to break into as a part-timer. The nursing degree is just the first step in your education. The rest comes from on-the-job training. Usually, intense on the job training for 2+ years. New grads are finding it harder and harder to obtain employment without experience, primarily because institutions pretty much aren't willing anymore to invest the time and expense in training a new nurse who may very quickly move onto another opportunity. I believe that you will find it even harder to find an employer who will invest in your orientation for only a part-time commitment.Of course, experienced nurses can and do work part-time. In fact, nursing is known as a great profession for those who want to devote more time to their families, or have other reasons for not wanting to work full-time. However, those are experienced nurses. jIt likely will depend in large part on what type of part-time nursing career you hope to have. School nursing - maybe (although schools usually require experience also). ICU/ED nursing part-time right off the bat - doubtful.

I have a friend who is a full-time teacher and part-time RN. She works at the hospital every other w/e and picks up many shifts during the summer and over school breaks.

Something to consider- you need some sort of position where you can get benefits like insurance and retirement accounts- and the more you can do with that now, the sooner you can truly just kick back and do what you want to do. I don't see why it would be impossible- just need planning. Being a substitute teacher ( and good ones are hard to come by) would also be an option.

A school nurse would probably be a good mix of nursing and teaching. Also, don't listen to the naysayers. When I started nursing school some questioned a man and a nurse all being in one body.

Wow thats increadible! Would it be totally weird/random if I asked for her email addy? I would love to ask somebody how difficult/manageable it is to swing both? totally understand if thats weird though.. haha.

Yes I am currently working part time as a substitute teacher and plan to throughout my degree. Do part time nurses not get benefits? is it different in the US than Canada?