 I'm going to be putting out a video every day next week, just kind of outlining my first week as a working PA. What's up you guys? Welcome back to my channel. For those of you who have been rolling with me from the beginning on this journey, you guys, I have some exciting news for you all. But if you are new to my channel, I first wanna welcome you. Thank you so much for joining me today. You're gonna get to take part of this amazing news as well. So you guys, it's been a long journey, a very long journey, filled with ups and downs. But we have made it. Your girl has got her first job. I appreciate you guys. Now I, this job offers since the end of February, but I've just been like working through the whole credentialing process and stuff. And I will talk to you guys about that in another video because that's a whole nether beast. But with everything that has just been going on, I wanted to wait until all of the ink was signed and dried on the paper so that there's no like take backsies or anything like that. No psychs. You don't really have a job type of situation. But it is official. I am officially an a hired physician assistant at a hospital and I'm really excited. And I'm also kind of nervous. So I am going to be drum roll really easy. I'm going to be a trauma PA and I'll be cross-trained in general surgery. So I'm part of the acute care team. That's how our hospital has it and we'll be both trauma gen surge PA. So I'm really excited because I get to work 24 hours shifts. You guys know I love that shift because I love to have the time with my family. So it worked out really great for me that I was able to do that. I'm actually doing it at a hospital that I did my rotation at. So that is an indicator for you all that are still currently like in your PA journey like as a student to build those bridges. Make sure that you're actually like, you know doing well on these rotations because when you're looking for a job that might be one of the places that might be looking to hire. But I was really excited. It was just a seamless process. And honestly you guys, I couldn't have asked for the bet like a better position and a better job in workplace. Like seemingly so obviously. Cause I haven't started yet. I start tomorrow. But yeah, seemingly so I couldn't have asked for a better position for my first job. I'm really excited about the possibilities and all of the various different procedures that I will be able to be like proficient in and just like a really amazing PA. So I'm really, that's like all of my excitement part. But if I can be extremely like just transparent and honest with you guys, I'm pretty kind of like nervous as well. I wouldn't say that I'm fearful because you know, like fear does not own me, right? So I'm not having fear, right? This story of the amazingness that God has done for me. But at the same time I'm really nervous just because of the climate that we're in. As a trauma PA, I will be in the ED. I will be in the ICU. I will be on the floor. And I'm dealing with like these patients or being in an area with patients that have the coronavirus and you know, I have to take all of this into consideration because I have a family that I go home to, you know, at the end of my shift and I wanna make sure that they're safe as well as myself. And so just taking all of that and keeping all of that in mind, it is pretty kind of nerve wracking that I'm going to literally be like in the lion's den I guess you could say. But I know that God hasn't covered and I'm gonna take every precaution that I want to absolutely share that with you guys. So if you guys have just listened to everything and heard that I'm a trauma PA, I am going to be putting out a video every day next week just kind of outlining my first week as a trauma PA, my first week as a working PA. And I'm gonna be giving you just kind of a recap of every day that I've worked thus far. So stay tuned for that. Come back on Sunday. That's when the first video will drop and then every day after that. Guys, also just pray for me, okay? Cause I am literally like a baby PA. So I'm gonna be taking everything in. I just don't wanna like make too many mistakes because I know I'm obviously gonna make like some mistakes. You're a new grad, but I'm really excited. I could not wait to share this with you guys. I've been like holding this in in every video that I've been doing like prior to this. I'm like, man, like I wanna tell them. But again, like I said, I didn't want to like put the horse before the cart. So now that everything is done, your girl is a trauma PA. I will be getting cross-trained in general surgery. I will be talking to you guys about my experiences in this particular specialty. And I can't wait to share this new journey with you guys. So please join me as we go through me actually being a certified physician assistant. If you have any questions for me and please leave them in the comment section below. Thank you guys so much for joining me on this long hard rock journey through PA school, graduating PA school, taking my boards and passing, well, failing and then passing and then now officially being a hired physician assistant in trauma. So glad I could share this with you guys and I'm so grateful for all of you that have given me these encouraging words. If you have- Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up. I have to stop you guys. What? Cause you're not, there's more that they need to know. There's more that they need to know. Let me go inside. With respect to what? What are you talking about? Hold on, hold on, you're getting my light. I'm dark skinned. Okay, there you go, that's better. Where's more that you need to know? I know you're gonna get in worse later, okay? Sorry, I was eating. Let them know real quick about how excited you are about being a trauma PA. A trauma, because remember what did you, you originally, she originally wanted to be- An OBGYN, yes I did. Tell me about that, cause that's deep, that's important. What? Y'all, I'll give y'all more minutes on this video. That's what I did. Okay fine, fine, fine, is it over? No, do it. All right, you guys, stop and, so yes, so I originally, as you guys mostly, like many of you, if you don't know, I originally wanted to be an OBGYN PA and I still do, I still do. I still want to work in women's health at some point. I've told, you've seen my videos on what it was like to be a trauma PA. I'm really, like I don't want to like toot my horn or anything, but like I'm pretty good at, I'm decent. I'm trying to be humble, okay? So I'm pretty decent at suturing. And so this will allow me to get more of those suturing skills. Furthermore, I get to get all of these other advanced skills, you know, like putting in central lines and chest tubes and doing all of those things because like arterial lines, because that's not something that I would have gotten to do as an OBGYN PA. It's not something that they typically do. And so I'm really excited about all of these advanced privileges that I'll be able to get, but at the same time, like all of the different zebras that I might see, like in the general surgery, when I'm taking consults or, you know, all of the various different traumas that I'm gonna see, because I talked to you about like some serious traumas that I was a part of when I was doing my rotations. And so I can't wait to like, again, like dive into that. That'd be my everyday job. Well, my every two day jobs, because again, I will be working 24 hours. So what that means is I'm only working two days a week, you guys, like can you believe that? Eight times out of the month, that's a blessing. I get to be at home with my family and at the same time work a full-time job. So I'm excited, you guys, I really am. Could not have been a better position for me. And you know, the Lord knows what he's doing because I had my own thing in my mind, but he came through and he kind of changed that all up, flipped it upside down and pointed me to this particular specialty. And let me just tell you guys, like I will elaborate on this whole like job hunt process, a little later in the future, but I literally could have been working since January if I wanted to like settle for some of the positions that I was being like soft offered earlier on. But I wanted to make sure that this was gonna be the best option for me and my family. And so here comes Ant, I got one, I got one. That's too good of a story. What is going on? That's too good of a story. Don't give him the juice on that. This is the deep end. Oh my God. Don't give him the juice on that. That's a good story. You guys, she was offered like some scraps. I'm not like, hey, you wanna work for us? We got $5 and some food stamps. No, no. That is not true. Listen, some of these job offers was some stuff, but my bae, my bae. I did, I held strong, I held strong, you guys. She held strong, you guys. She was like, she, was you tempted? I wasn't really tempted. I just wanted to make sure that I like, I wasn't tripping, you know, like with what I was thinking. No, no, no, no, no, no. All right, that's it. A brand new video about that. Brand new video about it, another day. But anyways, again, so that is it. I'm gonna be a trauma PA. I'm gonna be cross-trained in general surgery. So it's two specialties that I will be learning, which is cool. And then I'll also be able to kind of cross-train in some of the other surgical specialties, like ophthalmology and vascular and things like that. Cause we, urology, we kind of cover those at the hospital as well. Cause we're gonna be an acute care team. So I'm excited about all of the experiences that I have yet to experience, but I'm going to do it. I'm excited about the possibilities. And I'm really excited about officially having a J-O-B. I'm so excited about that, you guys. So again, please pray for me. My first day is tomorrow. I'm really nervous about that. But I'm ready. I am ready. Again, if you guys have any questions for me, leave them in the comment section below. Come back next week when I tell you guys about my week as a trauma PA, my first week as an official PA. Stay tuned for everything else that I have in store. We're on this new journey, you guys, together. Again, us as friends. All right. Thank you guys so much for watching. Please go ahead and subscribe. 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