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What's the pay difference between an RN with their associates degree and an RN with their bachelors degree in North Carolina?

I'm trying to decide is pursuing my bachelors will be worth it, i am in an associate program now. #nursing

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Mary Katherine’s Answer

Essentially the difference is that with a bachelor's degree you are learning more of the academic side of nursing. As far as career outcomes it is going to vary based on the need for nurses in your area, but being a bachelor's prepared nurse will set you up for potentially more career options. Many medical facilities want to hire BSN prepared nurses to help the rankings of their hospital. It is becoming more of the standard to have a BSN so if you just do the associates RN now you may be expected/required to go back and do an RN-BSN bridge in the future. I would recommend doing job searches in your area and see if you are seeing a lot of BSN preferred or BSN required tags on jobs that sound interesting to you. If you are interested in very competitive fields like Labor and Delivery or Pediatrics having a bachelor's may help you to be a more competitive applicant. It is often the longer and more expensive option initially but long term may set you up better for the future.
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Wael’s Answer

Check the link below.


http://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/nursing/blog/rn-vs-bsn-what-you-should-know/
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