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Esa, her skills won't be wasted at all. When I went back to school for nursing my classmates were from all walks of life & careers. Most were people who had always wanted to be nurses, but had been talked out of it for the same kind of reasons running through your mind: "You're so smart, why dont you study engineering or medicine? Why nursing?" The pay stunk, so many put the nursing idea aside. Eventually, nursing shortages & incredible opportunity in the field, combined with new night programs, helped rekindle those dreams. So our ragtag class of bankers and journalists and assorted career people jumped right in.
THis field has an incredibly wide variety of opportunities -- bedside, clinical research, FDA regulatory positions, administration, hospice, law, etc. No matter what new interests your D develops throughout her life, she will be surprised at how valuable and useful the nursing degree will be. The big disappointment for me was the realization that there isn't nearly as much opportunity to use your compassionate personality in bedside settings. Hospitals don't function in a logical or efficient way, & this was a shock after many years in business settings. But hospitals are only a narrow part of the nursing career spectrum. Good luck.
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