I agree with the first post. My mom has an associate's
degree in nursing, and my sister has a bachelor's degree. The salaries that they each
earn are based on their years of experience, the shift that they work, and the area in
which they work, not on their degree.
Similarly, my
sister's education did not differ much from my mom's (with the exception of newer
technology, etc., from when my mom went to school) other than that my sister had to take
liberal arts classes such as History of Civilization or English Literature, and my mom
did not.
If you want to teach nursing or go on for an
advanced degree, you need a bachelor's degree, and it is normally more convenient for
someone pursuing a nursing degree to just go ahead and earn the bachelor's while
studying nursing. As far as management goes, you can still hold a management
position--my mom was a head nurse in the recovery room for 10 years--with an associate's
degree. It depends on state and hospital requirements, which you might want to research
before you make your decision on which degree to pursue.
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