Do i become a practical nurse or my dream job an artist????

Question

my mom wants me to be a practical nurse but my heart tells me to an artist...which should i listen to??? i've always dreamed of being an artist and my whole life has revolved around art and im pretty gewd at it...what should i do?

Answer 1

are you going to live the rest of your life pleasing your mom or are you going to do what you would like to do??? if anything why don't you go to school to be a practical nurse with a minor in art so you have something to fall back on if being an artist doesn't pay the bills...

Answer 2

I think you should at least make an attempt to pursue your dream job, although having something practical to fall back on is never a bad idea. I just heard about a contest at Future Resume where you can enter to win your dream job for a day; you should try your luck and see if you could make it in the art world! Check it out: http://www.futureresume.com/dream_job.as...

Answer 3

Follow your passion! Be an artist. You will succeed if this is what you love to do. If you are a little apprehensive, start doing your art on a part time basis and do a job that pays the bills. Then when your art gets better and you start to make money with it, do it full time. Do what you love, you won't be sorry.

Answer 4

I think the general view is BOTH, or should be.

   Certainly to become an LPN, might afford you more than PeaNut butter.

   Obviously you should continue with whatever passions you have, and never again use "gewd" in place of GOOD.

   In any case, ANY education might benefit you, and if you are any GOOD at the creative side of you, you may not need further education, other than some technical, perhaps.

   The fact that others insult the fact that your Mother wants what is GOOD for you, doesn't at all mean she wants to destroy your dreams.Parents are like that in the sense that they love their children. Perhaps one day you'll have that similar experience.

Answer 5

Here's a compromise: become a medical illustrator! Then you get to learn about medicine AND live out your dream as an artist!

In general, the art world is pretty rough, highly competitive, frustrating... and people tend to love every minute of it.

Medicine is also rough and frustrating, but far less competitive, and people love that, too.

My mother was an RN, my fiancee is a CNA, and I have several EMT friends. And I went to the Colorado Institute of Art for one semester, decided art wasn't for me, and have led a generally-interesting life since.

Whatever you decide, it's going to be your life, your choice, and your consequences. Your mother doesn't have to face those. But please, take what I said about art seriously, and find something that you think you could be good at doing a long time, because honestly... some people get sick of doing art for other people, because most artists who don't have a good plan to start with end up as freelance artists, and freelancers are paid enough to live, but it's REALLY a tough life, living contract to contract and wondering if the next one will be big enough to cover your expenses in time. Stress sets in, and you start hating art (as if that could happen... well, yes, actually, it did for a brief moment in time).

Consider other options, too, such as a police sketch artist, an advertising agency artist (also called a "business communications" artist), or other artistic careers.

Also, would you go into graphic design, illustration, photography, game design...?

There are lots of things that "artist" covers, and they are all pretty good, but as I said: art is a highly competitive field. If you don't want the stress from the constant competition,  take your mom's advice. But if you want something you won't regret choosing when you get older, the art is definitely the way to go.

Or, you could choose a third option: one career to make money with, and just be an artist on the side, take some serious art classes and get your art into some art contests just to let people see your talent (with none of the pressure).

There are lots of ways to maintain a dream. The only question is what you're willing to give up to achieve it.

Answer 6

I say, follow what your heart tells you. I know that to be a successful artist, you have to be really good. The money might be slow at the beginning, but as my Accouting professor always told us "If you love what you're doing, the money will come later". You can take nursing, make a lot of money, and be secured for the rest of your life, but will that make you happy? Will the money be enough to keep you going to work everytime you have to? It could, but what if it doesn't? Then you just waste the money you spent to go to school, even worst, you just wasted your time.

I'm in Nursing school right now. I've always wanted to work in the medical field, so it's not a big deal for me, but I like Accounting too. So, I'm planning to take Accounting after I finish my BSN. I guess you can do that too. If you're worried that art will not be enough to feed you, you can go to Nursing school first then go to art school. At least then, you have a backup plan if art doesn't work out for you.

Let me warn you though, just like Art, Nursing is not for everyone. Half the people in my class are forced into Nursing by their parents and a lot of them do not really like it. I know people who are just waiting to fail, so they can have a reason to drop out. I have a friend who wanted to major in Fashion Design, but instead, she's in Nursing school. If she quits, she wasted 2 years taking Nursing pre-requisites and 1 year in the Nursing program. Imagine that. That's 3 years she can never get back.

So if you think Nursing is not for you and that you will just end up quitting, don't do it. Don't waste your time and your money. Talk to your mom and tell her that you don't like Nursing. Hopefully, she will understand. I'm pretty sure she's not out to dictate your life. She just wants to make sure you have a good future ahead of you. So just try to talk to her. And just like almost everybody said, you're the one who's going to be living your life, not your mom. So do what will make you happy.

I'm a Nursing student, so I know what goes on in school and in the hospital. And I tell you, Nursing is not easy! The money might be good later in the future, but you have to work hard and actually like what you're doing to get that money. Practical nurses are like LVNs, right? Do you know what you have to go through before you actually become a nurse? You have to go to school and do clinical rotations. You want to know what you do during clincial rotations? Besides the obvious (giving medications), you get to feed your patient, clean their beds, take them to the bathroom or give them bedpans when they have to pee or something else, you clean up their "mess", you bathe them, you wipe their butts, etc... basically the dirty work! It's not bad if you really like what you're doing. If you really care about the patient, you really want to help out, and like what you're doing, those "dirty work" are worth it. But if you don't, then don't bother. It'll be just a waste of time. I know, for the most part, CNAs do those in the hospital, but you have to be willing to do them in case you don't have CNAs around.

I just wanted to give you an of example what happens in Nursing school. If you think you can stand it or you can end up liking it, then try it. But if not, don't.

But just follow what your heart tells you. It'll make you happy in the end. You have to like what you do. Period.

Goodluck with your decision!

Answer 7

an artist, of course,follow YOUR dreams.

Answer 8

My dad always told me, "You can't eat art." Meaning - it won't pay the bills if you don't sell your art. If I could go back, I probably would take nursing instead of graphic design... you can always, always do art as a fun thing, instead of a job. There is a huge demand for nurses, and jobs are much easier to find. Just my two cents... you need to follow your heart though.

Answer 9

You should follow what your heart tells you.  If it was up to me, I'd tell you to become a practical nurse because it is, well, more practical because of the time you take to finish it and there's good money and job security in it.  But Nursing School is REALLY HARD. Im in it and its not a walk in the park. It has the potential to be fun, but if you don't like it, (which many don't in the beginning btw) you might just end up wasting your time.  So if you really have a passion in art and your life revolves around art, do it.  And besides your is not the one to be working, so why not do something you like.