nursing or teaching? which profession would have more intelligent people?
2007-01-30 18:33:52 · 14 answers · asked by charleecuteface 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Both fields are completely different.
Nurses need to have knowledge of medicine and, if they are very good at their job, empathy.
Teachers need to have a clearly defined understanding of the workings of their chosen field of teaching.
I do not want to sound conceited in any way, but if you were to take a group of teachers and nurses, you would definitely find the teachers to be more intelligent. Part of a teacher's job description is to constantly study and upgrade their knowledge of education. So their IQ, not their EQ, would be higher.
However, nurses would probably have a higher EQ.
2007-01-30 19:09:39 · answer #1 · answered by A dad & a teacher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone has some degree of intelligence, and therefore everyone is considered intelligent to some degree. Therefore, the odds are the the profession with the largest number of people in it would be the one with the largest number of intelligent people. Because there's a shortage of nurses, my guess is that there are probably more teachers than nurses, hence, there are probably more intelligent people in the teaching profession than in the nursing profession.
2007-01-31 02:48:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't judge intelligence based on the profession. In every profession, you have to use intelligence. Nurses have to react based on the patient's condition and teachers have to react based on the student's query. Both use different areas of intelligence. It's like asking the question which fruit tastes better Orange or Banana?
2007-01-31 02:42:14 · answer #3 · answered by jaggie_c 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your definition of intelligence. Currently, there are 2 theories of intelligence. The first is the common IQ test intelligence. The second one is more interesting. It is known as the theory of multiple intelligences. The theory is that Intelligence is exceeding at what we are naturally good at. According to this theory, both could be intelligent, just not in the same ways. Try reading the article by Howard Gardner titled "A Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences."
2007-01-31 02:48:39 · answer #4 · answered by kirdro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly have no idea. Perhaps yahoo answers isn't the best source for this type of information. You should probably try a scholarly database. Search for nursing, teaching and intelligence or IQ into ERIC or Infotrac, and you'd probably get some good sources.
2007-01-31 02:40:08 · answer #5 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, even though nursing pays more I would like to think that both positions are filled with intelligent people.
2007-02-03 15:47:17 · answer #6 · answered by pnn177 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say for a teacher it would depend on what they teach, if they teach kindergarden or preschool, they aren't as smart as nurses.
However, if they teach like middle or high school they would definitely be more intelligent.
It also depends on what kind of nurse you are talking about. An LVN would probably be more intelligent than a CNA.
2007-01-31 02:46:55 · answer #7 · answered by navdeepkaur 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in both fields you are going to have people who are more or less intelligent then the others. I would say they would all have to be reasonably intelligent though.
2007-01-31 02:37:53 · answer #8 · answered by Christy K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well both professions have their own importance but i think teaching is more challenging and more professional
2007-01-31 03:28:42 · answer #9 · answered by loving_caring20052003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either one of them requires a decent level of intelligence, both require different skills but I'd say overall that they would be pretty equal, I sell beds for a living and that requires no intelligence :-)
2007-01-31 02:43:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋