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I appreciate your honesty and vulnerability with your story. I’m 23 years old, graduated college last year with a bachelors in economics. My major was originally health science but switched due to influence from my peers. I’m doing pre reqs for PA school now and this video has inspired me so much since I also come from a low income/ immigrant family. I thought my life was over after 22 and chose the wrong career but this gave me so much hope.

Does it matter what kind of nursing you do to become a PA?

First time viewer 🤗 We were just talking about this in one of our grad classes. All nursing (undergrad and graduate) are not created the same. That’s why there is a push for standardization. I am flabbergasted by people who report not learning things and completing only papers. I learned so much during each step of my journey from LPN to ADN to BSN and now as a grad student. The knowledge and skills obtained elevated the way I practice and my perspective on the issues. I found that it’s important to really be strategic in your school selection. Unfortunately people choose schools solely based on ease of getting in or how quickly they can finish, just to be done with a job requirement. Blessings on the journeys of everyone in the comments who are following their ordained path. Whatever you choose (NP or PA) we need you! ❤

New sub! Thanks for sharing 👍

Thank you for sharing! New Sub! RRT to Pre-PA here! Can you talk about more of your overall experience as a PA and the challenges you have faced. I watched your previous videos on this as well. Also your journey to become a MSL. 😊

Thank you for sharing your journey!

I love this so much this was exactly what I was looking for I’m at the starting point in my career and decided weather or not to be a PA or NP and I was like can I just do both . I’m just like you I want to know all about everyone man ,women ,and child, elderly, psych , ER all so this sound exactly what I want to do ❤

You know, I’m a recluse. I prefer not to interact; but my husband,,,, Man, that’s a different matter. He knows and talks to EVERYBODY. I’ve seen him hook up business deals, personal exchanges, etc. it’s a real talent to be able to do that.

Talk more about ur time during PA school, especially this moment 24:40

I just got offered a position in occupational medicine. I am a new grad FNP. Do you recommend it?

Really enjoyed this video 🙌🏾

Awesome. Congratulations on the nomination. I’m so happy to see diversity in healthcare, makes me feel sooo much better about the future of our health.

Thank you soror 💙🤍💙

I am currently working backwards. Finding a PA school I want to attend and made an excel sheet of each school's requirements. I will be graduating from Surg Tech program this Dec and will be logging my hours immediately upon starting my position. I discovered PAs during my clinical rotation as a surg tech student.

What were some of the challenges you faced while applying to PA school?

Can you still work as an RN when you become a PA?

Are PAs called Doctors?

Thank you so much for this video, this gave me clarity. We have similar ideas, I need to stay busy and I love the challenge and want options incase I change my mind. 😊

**I just found this video and haven’t had a chance to watch it in it’s entirety, but I plan to later on tonight. So, forgive me if I’m asking a question that you have already addressed in this video.** I am a pain management PA looking to possibly make the transition away from clinical practice after practicing now for almost 12 years. I’ve been recently learning about the MSL career and think I may be a great fit. I’m still learning and just now starting to network to get my feelers out there. Still trying to decide if it is actually right for me. I have a young child (3 years old) so I don’t know if the traveling would work for this season in my life. What are your thoughts on being an MSL with a family…particularly with young child/children?

Such an inspiration. I am currently back on my journey to getting into PA school as a new mom. I just get so discouraged not thinking I'm smart enough but I got this lol

great insights! thanks for sharing

I would love to see your outfits of the day as an MSL 😄

travel nursing helps me with saving for education!

It's nice to hear you're liking it. Do you have tips on how an International Medical Graduate can get a MSL position?

Hi Jackie! Great video -thank you for sharing!

Your tips are so valuable, they sound simple but they definitely make the difference🙏🏾

Such an informative video, thanks for sharing

Great blog Dr. Jackie! This is the one I will save ans share with all those asking about breaking into med affairs!

Looking forward to the travel vlogs!

I’m at a crossroads now. I went into college to get my RN (ASN) and I am almost done with my prereqs. I have until October 20th to decide if I want to continue the nursing or change my major to biology to avoid having to take prereqs again after I’m done with my bachelor’s. I feel bad leaving my RN plans go, because it would be good money and great PCE and shadowing opps. However, you and I are like-minded with how brain works, and I fear that nursing will bore the heck out of me. I LOVE the science, the anatomy, physiology, and chemistry of things. I MUST know how and why they work. So, I’m strongly considering PA school. I’m 43 and if I can shorten the years spent in school doing prereqs, I’d prefer that route. But I’m feeling a bit of imposter syndrome and nervous that I may regret leaving my RN plans. Advice? Love, love, love your videos! We have so much in common! TYSM!

Thank you for your transparency

Hi Dr Jackie. What would you recommend to specialize in a certain aspect of patient care ? For example I’m interested in and will eventually narrow down one the following: neurology, high risk obstetrics and/ or pediatrics.

Which PA school did you go to? How many months was your program?

Thank you so much for sharing your journey!

Thank you so much for making these videos! I am a PA as well. And I just enrolled in the DNSC program at Lynchburg university. I’m also interested in becoming an MSL I appreciate your down to earth presentation. I would love to hear more about how you got into the MSL role. Maybe you already have a video talking about that, though. Good luck with everything you do! Keep the videos coming!

You helped me greatly. I found this page looking for answers and exactly what you wanted to do I did till I talked to a nurse last night. I’m in nursing school now. And wanted something after I obtained my BSN

I have a PA who is willing to let me shadow her over the summer, how many hours would be appropriate to ask for ? I don’t want to seem like I’m asking for too much

I clicked on this video because I saw the "Finer" Blue....Thank you Soror!!!!!! I have been going back and forth for a minute and your channel has blessed me immensely to make some real life decision over here...LMOB!!!!

I plan on going to AT for my DHSc, and I wanted to ask if it is expensive and how have your experience been.

I live in Austin,TX and I don't see a lot of black women who are in the healthcare field. When I use to live in Atlanta,GA i saw a lot of black women and black men who are in the healthcare field. It still isn't a lot of us that is in the healthcare field. When I was a CNA working in a nursing home. I didn't see any other CNA's that looked like me. I had white nurses who talked to me any kind of way. I Quit yep. I am taking my pre-reqs at a community college here in Austin,TX and I am the only African-American women who is a health science major. I haven't met anyone else who is a health science major that looks like me. After I become a nurse. I want to relocate where there are more people in the healthcare field who look like me. @Jackie Edwards

U mentioned it. Np and PA don’t exist 🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️

I hear you about the nursing theory BS, totally boring and uninteresting fluff! Not to mention good bye to all of the nursing baggage!

new sub here. im a licensed physical therapist and thinkin into PA OR NP so this video really helped me out. still deciding tho

Keep doing your thing. We appreciate you.

Not going to PA school but trying to go back for clinical psych. This has been very helpful, thank you!

Thank you for this inspiring video. I am currently a 25 year old mom of 4 year old twin boys, and Im considering the PA Route.

I’ve never left a comment on TH-cam before but wow I am so grateful for this video. I was accepted into PA school when I was 3 months pregnant, I started last fall when my daughter was 5months and she had COVID 2 days before I started school, her symptoms were moderate I tried going the first week of class but I was miserable and depressed (I was still struggling with postpartum depression) and my program let me take a leave of absence so that I can have more time with my daughter. I will be starting again Fall 2023 and my daughter will be 1 year and 5 months so I am doing everything to be well prepared. I came across your video looking for some type of advice and thank you. You have given me exactly that. She will be in daycare during the time I’m at school but I’m still working out after school plans/care since my husband works out of town 3weeks out of the month so I am basically a single mom.. my mom lives 2 hours away but is going to try to work something out so that she can watch her after school and weekends but I’m just so worried my mom guilt will get the best of me.. I’m so glad I watched your video and learned there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Thank you for this video. I’m currently trying to pursue PA school but due to its rigorous path… I am trying to get my BSN first then later apply to PA more prepared.

I kept hearing you speak about the patient and giving care. I hope that is true because that is what NP or PA or any care giver to patients is all about to me. I went to a two NP and do to the treatment and lack of real patient concern shown by both. I bought a MEDICAL ALERT BRACELET that states "I refuse any treatment form any Nurse Practitioner." I realize that Doctors get the God complex but I sure don't need it from a Nurse Practitioner. I am an individual and should be treated with respect to both my privacy and modesty. I hope you are able to not fall into the narcissistic God complex that I was exposed to.

You just said everything that I’ve been trying to figure out how to say this whole time!!!😂 I care more about the science aspect than the hand holding. & I don’t care to learn “nursing theory”