 Man did my thing just pop guys my thing just popped. Can you guys see that? I don't know All right, let me take it off. That just kind of threw me off. I'm so Back with my six week of p.m. School Completed thank you guys so much for watching. I really really appreciate it I do want to tell you guys please go ahead and hit up my go find me page I'm gonna leave it in the description box below So you guys can go ahead and check that out and if you're new to my channel go ahead and subscribe because we have some good Information and content on here, but with that being said you guys I am so excited Um as I told you I had four tests and a quiz last week, and it was rough you guys It was so rough when you walked into the school into the building you could cut the tension and Anticipation with a knife. It was so thick. Everybody was on edge We were so nervous because we've never had to deal with something like this where we had two tests in one day And then and the other day we have two more tests and a quiz So it was really really really nerve-wracking. I'm pretty sure a bunch of us did not have a fourth of July Me and my family and some of the students in my in the class We took at least two hours to enjoy our fourth of July. Oh, mommy got him. Mommy got it Let's see what it do But it was nice to actually just get a break from studying but then we had to jump right back in it I did so well. I did so much better than my first test, which I am like so thrilled about that's like it's amazing I'm so happy. It just kind of solidifies. It's Yes, you are supposed to be in PA school and you're gonna be a great path practitioner And I think everybody did pretty well as also everyone was smiling We don't know any of our grades any of our you know cohorts grades because what one thing that we do And I think every I really think every PA school should do this But one thing that we do is we do not discuss our grades. It's just to kind of foster that teamwork mentality We're gonna be team players. That's what a PA is all about. So it's not about competition Who's doing better than who or anything like that as long as we all pass. That's all that matters I really really like that about my school. We're not about, you know Well, who got a better grade? No, we all passed great one step closer to being a PAC So really really glad about that, but everyone was happy everyone smiling So I'm pretty sure we all did pretty well on those four tests I did want to talk to you guys about why I became a PA or chose to Well, I'm not a PA yet, but I'm a PAS. So why I'm on this journey to be coming up EY I chose PA over MP or an MD, you know, because I get that question a lot. Well, why not go straight for the MD? Why do you want to be a supervisor? Why not be a supervisor instead of a manager? I'm like Hmm, that's not the same thing because I've had supervisors and managers not too all at the same time But whatever Anyways, just trying to be facetious about things and it's it's really not even about that or somebody's like Oh, well, why do you want to why why be a PA? Like I don't know why all these people want to be doctors, but they don't want to be doctors Why why are you going to be a PA if you want to be a doctor and like if I wanted to be a doctor I would have went to med school That's a clever retort. Duh. Brilliant. Brilliant. Duh. Your parents are divorced. Oh, your parents are divorced. Duh. It's not simple, but once I found out what it meant to be a PA and what goes into it Like it was an easy decision you guys first of all if any of you know me, you know I am super family oriented. So that was like one of the driving forces in choosing PA I wanted to be able to spend time with my family. I wanted to be able to see my kids grow up to be able to go to my daughter's you know recital if she has one or her gymnastics or acro you know performance I wanted to be able to do that and I don't want to have to be getting called away or you know I'm working so I can't make it like I wanted to be able to set my my time on when I wanted to go in when I have a set time and when I'm going in and when I'm coming out and be able to enjoy the rest of my day as I please and being a PA affords me that opportunity and NP does that as well but I didn't like the nursing model in terms of teaching and I don't want to do like the patient-centered model I wanted to do the disease centered model where we're treating the illness where we're looking at figuring out what is wrong with this patient and then addressing that and attacking that and like that's just I'm at a political like that that's how I wanted to learn and that's what I wanted to be in that's something that you need to know for yourself are you about making sure that the patient is comfortable and there are lifestyle and all that different stuff and go ahead and be an NP or be a nurse because that's the model that they're under but if you're about making sure like I want to know about this disease how do they get this how are you going to treat it well that's where you go into being an a PA or an MD now I there's like a misconception that PAs cannot prescribe medication and that's so far from the truth PAs can prescribe schedule two drugs in many many many many states I think there's only five states that we're not able to prescribe schedule two drugs in and that's like your opioids like your Vicodins and you know those type of drugs and we can do that we can prescribe those drugs and MPs can as well like we we're pretty much cool contemporaries in that area we're allowed to prescribe the same drugs so that's not something that's restricting us at all by any means so that misconception is squashed and furthermore the PA profession was built under being an assistant to the physician but now 50 years later they're kind of moving up away from that in a sense we're still part of the team we're still about like in a departmental relationships and still working with physicians and other practitioners however now just recently in May there's been this law passed that is called optimal team practice and this like if you are trying to be a new PA if you're an old PA this is something that you should definitely know about because what optimal team practice means is that PAs are no longer required to have a supervising or collaborating physician like on the books with them it's all about your state your state kind of helps and regulates and determines what you're able to do so there's more of um an autonomy with it it's not full autonomy by any means because again we're still part of the team but we're able to do so much more we're able to be in rural areas where physicians cannot go and that's that's needed because people are getting sick all the time you're I mean there's always gonna be someone's state so if a physician is swamped somewhere else and they cannot make it to this area out in like I don't know this deserts of Nevada Nevada has deserts right so if they can't make it out there then um PAs and NPs can go there um and this opens up the doors a lot for PAs because before since NPs have 22 states where they can practice autonomously they were being they're more able to be hired like it was easier to hire them and manage them because they didn't need a physician on board to sign off for things and now it's the same with PAs so we are on the rise we're on the move it's um it's a great thing um I'm really excited to see how it changes the way that I practice and also um in the future how new PAs practice because we're also moving towards a doctoral degree as in nursing um I do believe they're moving away from the master's and P degree and as PAs we do have that opportunity as well we can have a doctorate in health science the doors are wide open you guys so I really suggest that you do your research know exactly what you want to do know where you want to practice one thing that I believe is so amazing about being a PA is the ability to kind of float you know you can um be a generalist that's how you come out of school but then you can be certified in different things like emergency medicine I know that with this new optimal team practice that has been passed psych is opening and opening up so there can be psych PAs and it's needed there's we I definitely feel like it's an area of medicine that is not really it's kind of like the forgotten sister at sometimes like we really need to do more with the psychiatric um aspect of medicine and so now that's opening up for PAs you're able to just kind of go from place to place if you're you spend 10 years in one area and you're like you know what I'm tired of this I'm feeling like you're in emergency medicine so it's like boom boom boom things are going fast you're always on the go and then you want like a little bit more lacks of a schedule you can go into family medicine or urgent care where you have set hours and for the most part you kind of send them off to the ER um if there's an issue that you cannot necessarily deal with so it's really really great I implore you guys do your research figure out exactly where you want to be exactly what um each thing affords you because there are certain levels and certain degrees of things that you're able to do and not able to do with each of those professions know how long you want to be in school if you're not about being in school 8 to 12 years don't be a a physician don't be a specialized physician if you're just trying to do that 6 to 8 years type of max then go ahead and P and P is what's for you so really really do your research find out about the profession it's an up and coming profession it's great and I'm excited about it I'm excited about all of these changes that are happening and what that means for me as a new PA coming into the profession to practice so that's my little tidbit of information for you guys for today if you have any comments go ahead and leave it in the comment section below I'll be sure to get back to them I'm really you know I really want to just give as much knowledge as that I've learned so far just in the last six weeks of me going to school to you all so that you are just well informed about being a PA and what it means to be a PA student so leave that in the comment section below if you really like this video go ahead and hit that like button and if you really like what you see on this channel go ahead and subscribe and join this journey with me I'm really excited and really ready to have you guys oh also remember I am still fundraising to stay in school so go ahead and hit my go fund me page it will be in the description box below as well really appreciate you guys thank you guys again so much for praying for me and like rooting for me last week it really really helped and motivated me it paid off I did good thank you guys I'll see you next week with another week of what happened in PA school oh and um so I am going to also try to do like a vlog thing you guys where um I'll show you like a day in the life of PA student me I'm that PA student but I'm gonna show you a day in the life so go ahead and make sure that you stay tuned because I will pre-warn you thanks again for watching bye