 What's up you guys? It's Adana. I am back with another video for you guys. So you guys I'm really excited This is my first ever PA Q&A video Every Tuesday, it's gonna be PA Q&A Tuesday. I like that So that's what we're gonna be doing every Tuesday I'm gonna be putting this video up for you guys But I just wanted to kind of intro it for you all on this Sunday But I'm still gonna also do just my PA related videos on Sundays Well, so don't fear those are not going anywhere If you have any questions that you want me to answer on the next video Go ahead and leave that in the comment section right now so that I can choose from those Comments to answer on the next video. Okay. All right. Let's do it Is it hard to get a stable or permanent job as a PA? So from my understanding, no Especially with so many different urgent cares and like primary care offices popping up and then also You know kind of like the baby boomer physicians kind of leaving the profession and retiring It's becoming a lot easier to get a position as a PA now if you want to stay in that position or like Usually it's like you're coming out. You're either like an ER PA or primary care PA if you want to stay in that particular field great by all means do that But when you start trying to get into like the specialty fields That's when it gets a little bit more competitive and a little bit more difficult But it's definitely not hard at all to get a job as a PA and also Have that be a permanent position for you. You just have to love what you do So go for it whatever it is you're thinking of but you can always start out at an urgent care Do PA's perform surgery? Yes in a sense, right? So we first assist so as a PA student when I go on my rotations in a couple of months So excited about that But yes, we will be able to first assist you're not heading up the surgery You're not sitting here directing everything, but you're first assisting the surgeon with his surgery or her surgery So you do perform surgery, but you have to be a surgical PA to do so or like a cardiothoracic PA to do so so it's all in the realm of scope of your particular Practice I guess you can say, you know like an ER Our PA isn't going to be performing surgery on an everyday basis if at all, you know Maybe in like super super like very high intense cases very like it's imperative that something is opened Or you know, we get in and we're able to see what's happening with the body Maybe but on a typical day. No, you're not performing surgery So if surgery is not your thing you're in you're in a good profession Because you don't have to stay in the surgical PA realm. You can be a dermatology PA. You can be family practice You can be pediatrics. There's the horizon and and the landscape is wide open for you. So No worries there. What would you recommend going into nursing school than joining PA or just Going into nurse practitioner. So I did a video kind of on this in a sense It's just talking about like the best profession or the best bachelor's degree for the PA profession now I am a proponent of like anything science related so if your passion is to be a PA then go ahead and If you want to go to a nursing degree and get your clinical hours there and get that experience there and then become a PA do that Just because you're on a nursing track doesn't mean you have to stay on that nursing track to now become a nurse Practitioner because if it's in a field that you don't necessarily want to practice for the rest of your career Then it's not really a good option for you, right? So it's better for you to look at both professions Which do you want to be do you want to be a nurse practitioner? Do you want to be a PA? What kind of flexibility do you want in your future profession and then make your decisions based on that honestly? It's just about looking at you and what is going to fit well in your life for your your lifestyle and then going from there because they'll both offer you Pretty similar things Except the PA profession allows you to go into the hospital or do a lot more surgeries and different things like that if You subspecialize as like a surgical PA or an orthopedics PA So it's all up to you and where you want to practice and how you want to practice But by all means if you want to go into nursing and get that clinical experience First before becoming a PA do that. I kind of wish I did do that Honestly, I wish I had a little bit more Experience with respect to like all the different meds and how to give them and that aspect of nursing I think the nursing profession does a really great job at teaching their future nurses like how to like Manage meds and patients with respect to that And I wish I had that but I'm getting it now in PA school Through my farm class. Oh lord help me with that class But I'm getting it now and then I'll learn more as I get on rotations So there's pros and cons to just going into whatever degree you want and then becoming a PA or going into the nursing Bachelor's degree and then becoming a PA, but like I said, it's up to you Can someone with bad grades become a PA? So Yes, and no, right? It's kind of like a two-part question. I guess you can say let's kind of just look at it realistically Okay, so you cannot have a 2.0 GPA at the time of applying to PA school and Get into PA school. Okay. Well, I mean nowadays. I know that there are some people that did that prior But now it's a little bit more difficult. I know for the most part They asked for a 2.5 at minimum some schools say a cumulative GPA of 2.0 But that's like the bare minimum you have people with like 3.5s 4.0s 3.3s Applying to the same program that you with your 2.0 is applying so it can get very very Competitive and it can get really really difficult. So I wouldn't suggest you saying you are you thinking? Oh, well, I mean I can just kind of skate through my undergraduate degree and Be okay with respect to applying to PA school because that's not how it works, right? They they kind of they want the best the best and at the same time They want to know that you're gonna be able to actually like complete the coursework and make it through the program because PA school is hard It's not easy. It's very difficult It's doable, but it's you have to have a work ethic and you have to move and go with it So yes, somebody with bad grades can get into PA school if you bring those grades up Right, so if you had like a 2.5 and you work really really hard and you bring it up to like a 3.2 And you're they're able to see that on your transcript in three-year course work That's gonna look really really good because it's gonna be like, oh, you know, he or she is motivated They're really really Motivated to become a PA They want this and obviously they can do this because they did an excellent job in bringing their GPA up So it's it's really it's a fine line. I can't say yes or no one way or the other It's kind of yes and no, but hopefully you guys can understand that you're not gonna necessarily Get an interviewer get accepted with a very low GPA However, if you work hard and you bring that GPA up Absolutely, you can get into PA school. Actually your friend of mine Samora did a video on this in my true life series She had one point. What was it one point? Oh one point nine GPA Like it was really really low and she is currently in PA school killing it So I'll leave a link for that in this video so that you can check that video out But she will talk to you about her journey through Undergrad and getting into PA school and hopefully that can provide some motivation and just a little bit more clarity on the whole Can you get into PA school with a low GPA? All right, so that was it you guys my first little Q&A for you guys if your questions I hope you guys liked it. I like this way I like being able to just answer your questions like this instead of having a time and you know then all like My auto-correct and like spelling spell tag is off stuff and I look like I'm stupid But you know not hitting the right things. I really like this So if you guys like this go ahead and leave a comment in the comment section below letting me know You want to do more of these and I will see what I can do in the future Thank you guys so much for watching if you haven't already done so go ahead and