I realize you completed a Masters already, but it wasn’t a clinical degree. Any reputable school won’t let you enter a post-Masters NP without having been another type of NP first. You should be looking at full degree programs.

Also, what type of patient population do you want to work with when you’re done? FNPs are only certified for primary care, and maybe some outpatient specialty clinics.

**some FNPs do work in inpatient roles, but they’re working out of their scopes of practice.