What's the difference between Associate's and Bachelor's degree in Nursing?

I know that Associates takes 2 years and Bachelors takes 4, but does it make a difference as far as finding a job?

The ASN is 2 years and prepares you to become a technical (service delivery) nurse.

The BSN is 4 years and prepares you to become a professional (supervisory) nurse.

The BSN can also provide direct care just like the ASN but can do more specialized things and can advance to administration and supervision easier. Both get the same license from the state (RN, registered nurse) but the BSN more often also gets a specialty certification.

With a BSN you can also go on to the MSN, MPH, or MHA degrees and advance your career to the truly professional (and high dollar) level.

As for getting a job, anyone with a state RN license and a reasonably clean record can have a job starting today in almost every community in the US. As an ASN, it may be a patient care job you'd rather not have though. If you want to be a specialized nurse (L&D, ER, ICU) or a head nurse, you'd really need the BSN (and some experience).

The pay is not based on the degree (like teaching) but instead on the job. If you get a BSN and then take a job in a nursing home as a basic care nurse, it'd not pay any better than the ASN would get. But, there are many types of positions you can't even apply for without the BSN and those do tend to pay more and are harder for employers to fill.

Another advantage to the BSN is that in addition to being a degree in nursing, it's also a bachelor's degree. It will qualify you for jobs outside of nursing as well. Many jobs only require a bachelor's degree and the major isn't important. This gives you additional career options should you tire of nursing.