Would i like a nursing career?

I am considering changing my career to nursing but want to hear from others in the profession about how much they like it, what are the pro's and con's, the hours, and of course how is the salary and vacation time. also, is it a bad idea to get an associates and go back later for a bachelor's? i am older so i would ike to start working in the career sooner than later. i am bilingual ad have a degree in education.
thanks!

I agree with Dave's answer. The cons for some people would be the night hours and short staffed. The salary and vacation are good where I work. We have a program where I live if you already have a degree you can go through an accelerated program which takes a little longer than a year. The pro's are a very rewarding career most of the time....yes we also see the bad side and sometimes really don't understand why people have to go through so much sorrow...then you turn around have a patient you think that is not going to survive..you work and work with this patient, one day you get to see this person leave the hospital..... a couple of years later they come up to you and say do you remember me......what a great feeling this is to know they remember you as their nurse and to see how well they have recovered.

Go get a 2 year degree. You can CLEP a bunch of courses and may not actually have to go for the full two years. You can also CLEP some of the college courses later for the bachelors degree.

There is such a shortage of nurses that you can pretty much work where you want and when you want. I know one university hospital where all the nurses work only NINE days a pay period and get a three day weekend every other week. You could also work in a doctor's office and have a straight day time, M-F job.

If your second language is Spanish, there is an even bigger demand in the Southwest part of the nation because for some reason a LOT of the patients there do not speak any English at all.