I have been researching the idea of Np vs PA for quite sometime. At one time I planned on doing MD, but through a series of life events I decided it would not fit me. Their work life balance seems to great. I have my bachelors in Biology and a masters of Science that enabled me to assist in surgery. To make a very long story short, due to extreme eczema and a few acquired allergies I cannot scrub into surgery. My hands would blister swell and weep. Although I graduated with my masters I cannot work in the surgery field. At the time, I planned to continue PA school because I fell in love with some of the classes that I had with them. Working as a medical assistant, I work around many NPs. I enjoyed their patient centeredness and they are such an advocate for the patient's overall health and personal obstacles. That Moto is very dear to me. Now I applied to a ADN program which I gained admission to. I am completely wondering if there really is a difference between the NP vs PA. since I can apply to PA school now, is it worth rerouting by starting over by gaining my RN license first, working as a nurse then NP school? Do you notice a difference between the two professions and does one profession have more upward mobility than the other?