My wife has been a nurse for about 9 yrs. She has done home health, nursing home, dialysis, and now at OSU transplant. Dialysis is a very high paying job. my wife made $30 per hr, with no expirence. but if is a VERY difficult job and I would not recommend that to anyone. 14hr days on your feet the whole time, getting up at 3am....
She got offers from Ohio Health and OSU to work on the floor, and they were oferring about $25/hr. She is blessed to have her current job. pays way more than the floor and m-f 8-4 office job.
Def get your bsn, like stated above it will soon be a requirement.