A nursing degree with a masters in social work would be a fantastic combination. Since you need a masters for social work anyway, you might consider that route. Social workers many times manager the coordination of elder care if you have any interest in that, and they have to deal with nurses and doctors quite a bit, so it is good if they have experience and/or education in nursing. I think this field wil continue to grow and grow. Plus, there is a real shortage of nurses, and from there you can change your mind about SW and become an NP or PA or a girlfriend of mine is a nurse anesthetist, she makes a fantastic salary. In general nurses make good salaries, and have many have flexible schedules which is nice also. After all of that positive information about nursing I will end with this: nurses tend to be underappreciated, if you work in a hospital you wind up doing a lot of yucky things that many people going into nursing are not realistic about like cleaning bed pans, and caring for infected wounds. Of course, you do not have to work in a hospital, there are other choices. Be sure to talk to some nurses to get a realstic view of things.