Its not about the Money...education changes you as a person and gives you the opprotunities to see how far you can go. I was a happy dialysis LVN (texas) until I got into ICU acute hemodialysis and realized I could be one of them(ICU RN) IF I had the education and license...3 years later and about 7000 hours of class and study time I will graduate this Dec 9th 2004...next is PA school..class of 2009..my nursing education has taken me to the very edge of my ability and then showed me how to fly.....