My Experience As A Health Care Practitioner

While caring for my patients I have seen improvements in well-being as well as witnessed the loss of lives. As Dr. Ken Jeong has so vividly put, “Medicine really matured me as a person because, as a physician, you're obviously dealing with life and death issues, issues much more serious than what we're talking about in entertainment. You can't get more serious than life and death. And if you can handle that, you can handle anything.” This statement explains so much about health care practice. As a health care provider I have learned that my patients life depends on the care I provide. Based on my journey of volunteering and working as a CNA, I have seen the hard work that each and every member of the medical community displays. I know that

I observed that PAs are responsible for performing highly skilled procedures that cross multiple fields. This opens a wide range of career options within the position of a PA, showing me that I will have the option to switch specialties, change health care facilities, and also have a schedule that enabled me to care for both family and patients! Each PA stated that the flexibility and versatility in their career was rewarding in itself. My favorite part of the specific duties PAs are responsible for are; suturing, surgery, trauma patients and open wound care. I am continually learning about tasks that PAs are trained to execute which excites me for my future. It was most fascinating how the PAs displayed knowledge about every part of the body during such careful procedures. Every wound, medication, and disease they were faced with while caring for patients was done with complete

Most of the classes I chose for my major were very challenging but I found that I am genuinely amazed by the human anatomy; the complex processes that our body systems go through with intent of survival are fascinating. I always found myself wanting to know more about the human body or wanting additional time to study parts and systems. Being a PA means devoting my life to studying aspects of the body that I have always been passionate about. I had such an unforgettable experience seeing what it was like during shift work of a PA, that I became committed in becoming part of a hospital team while continuing my education. This was difficult considering I was still in school and had no certifications or degrees. Therefore, I became a volunteer at the hospital and assisted nurses, phlebotomists, PAs, doctors, surgeons, nutritionists as well as cardiac rehab specialists for five years to have every chance I could to work alongside the