paeds nurse or midwifery

hi can anyone our there help me i am so confused. i have just started an access course and i'm not sure about what i want to do both fields interest me with midwivery having a slight edge i suppose it will have to come down to finance .does anyone know which is the better paid i know it might sound mercenary but i am a single mum of four and to be honest it does all come down to finance. i don't want to go for paeds nursing and find out i would have been better off as a midwife or vice versa i live in birmingham and so would more than likely work in this area as well can any one help.

Ummm.... I could be wrong but I think the bursary is the same for paediatric nursing and midwifery.

I know how significant financial matters are, but doing something for 3 years where your heart isn't in it, might outweigh any possible financial benefits.

Try to think about what you want to do rather than what you should do.

Manzy

ETA: Uh... I think I read you wrong. You meant qualified salary. It's all done on the new Agenda For Change bands so you could do either role and be in a similar salary position. A band 5 paediatric nurse will have the same pay scale as a band 5 midwife. As for progression up the ladders, I don't know as paediatric nursing isn't an interest of mine.

I still stand by what I say. Try to do what interests you most because I know first hand, how positively miserable care work of any level can be when your heart isn't in the client group. I spent 5 miserable months working with the elderly and despite the pay being great, I wouldn't do it again for the world.

I feel that wanting to be a midwife you just know its something you want to do its within you and its the only option and its prob the same for someone that wants to do nursing. I can understand that money is very important especially with being a single mum of four I can understand financially you need to be secure, however I dont think there is a massive difference in wage so would strongly think about why you want to be a nurse the pros and cons and midwife pros and cons as I believe you have to be very passionate as im sure you are about midwifery or nursing as they are are two very different careers even though they are in within the health sector and what one you feel more drawn towards and then find out the difference in wages xxxxxxxxx

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I second the above posts! Both are extremely different careers, no comparison. Good luck x

Hun I know it is difficult when we are faced with choices and when both are of interest but within you there will be that voice that tells you which is the one for you. Money is a major consideration in life and it gauls me how much we do have to take it into account. No one would condem you for that my love. You have bills to pay and little mouths to feed but you will manage to do that which ever route you take. The fact you mention that midwifery has the slight edge indicates that that is where your heart lies. Nobody is saying it won't be tough but things in life which are worth having usually do come at a price. I am also a single Mum of four and have been for the last 10 years and so I do understand where you are coming from. You just want the best for your children but they will not be children forever and they will grow and blossom and have lives of their own (and rightly so) and it would be nice (and they would want it) that mum could have a career of her own that made her happy and gave her a sense of satisfaction. Wishing you all the best my love and hoping that you make the right choice for you. Big hugs and lots of love to that family of yours xxxxxxxxxxxx

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