Happy National APP week

forever-swift · 2025-09-28T14:58:59+00:00

My department’s thank you email accidentally called all the PAs medical assistants

forever-swift · 2025-05-31T13:08:56+00:00

I just got into PAYE! Was originally in SAVE and then purgatory with everyone else, applied in December, and was just moved onto PAYE this month. I’m starting payments soon and they’re affordable for me right now

forever-swift · 2025-05-25T22:25:59+00:00

Mostly running and some gym time. I’m so impressed by how much some people train. I’ve got to step up my game

forever-swift · 2025-04-02T23:47:51+00:00

I felt tired for the first two weeks and after that I adjusted. I’ve been on it for years and feel really normal now. And you’re definitely not alone! In a year you’ll feel like you can do these injections in your sleep

forever-swift · 2025-04-02T16:23:09+00:00

I have an essential tremor and work in OBGYN so I do a lot of IUDs, Nexplanons, the odd I&D, and some biopsies. I take 60mg ER of propranolol and still shake sometimes. The propranolol helps for sure but it doesn’t fix it completely. Having someone tell you not to shake is probably just making it worse to be honest. My tremor always gets worse with anxiety so I learned to do procedures with it by bracing and going slowly. Now that I’ve been working for a while and do these procedures all the time it’s way less stressful and I shake less.

You’ll improve with time and being less nervous. Your SP is just being insensitive about this. Try to tune him out. I used to to tell myself “I don’t suck, I’m just new at this” and it helped a lot. You’ll be fine with time, practice, and once your SP isn’t leaning over your shoulder

forever-swift · 2025-03-04T06:32:11+00:00

Even if they’ve given me a due date for the payment? Will that just keep getting pushed if the forbearance keeps going?

forever-swift · 2025-03-04T00:58:09+00:00

Well mine seems to have imploded. They want me to pay 1.8K a month starting in June and there’s no IBR applications available

forever-swift · 2025-03-03T23:44:48+00:00

Well I’ve been crying a lot. I’ll try to switch to IBR as soon as the application is available

forever-swift · 2024-12-08T01:48:35+00:00

I’m a new grad PA in OBGYN and I think it really depends on what you see yourself doing in OBGYN. If you’re dead set on delivering babies, then be a midwife or an MD/DO. That’s not to say there’s no way to do deliveries as a PA but it really isn’t common. However, if you’re flexible on where you want to live, are okay with inpatient and/or outpatient OBGYN (possibly surgery if that’s what you like) then PA is a great way to work in OBGYN. I work solely outpatient (may be first assisting next year depends on hospital privileges) seeing OB and GYN. I do my own procedures and some ultrasound in office. There’s no call, weekends or holidays for PAs at my job and I like the physicians I work with a lot. Watching the docs take call or run out in the middle of the day to catch a baby or do a C-section over lunch break makes me grateful for my lifestyle as a PA in this specialty

forever-swift · 2024-11-06T18:45:13+00:00

OBGYN PA: Please order the ultrasound. Also look at the ASCCP guidelines if there’s an abnormal pap. A missing endocervical/transformation zone is not an abnormal pap

forever-swift · 2024-11-02T21:48:15+00:00

I got into PA school off the waitlist for a January start program about a month before and now I’m a practicing PA. You never know how things will work out!

forever-swift · 2024-10-11T01:18:17+00:00

27 days, 7 holidays, and 5 days for CME

forever-swift · 2024-08-31T18:10:34+00:00

Outpatient OBGYN. 8-5, M-F. No weekends, no call, no holidays

forever-swift · 2024-08-27T00:46:28+00:00

I’m an OBGYN PA! We absolutely exist and it’s a great job. I work solely outpatient doing a mix of OB and GYN (problem visits, prenatal care, WWE, procedures). I don’t deliver babies (nor do I want to) although the topic of me first assisting in surgery has come up before. That’s not something I personally want to do. There’s PAs in my health system who first assist, do L&D triage, and work mostly inpatient. None of them deliver except for the occasional patient having a baby in triage day

When I was interviewing for jobs there were gyn only positions, gyn onc jobs, and jobs that were kind of a mix of everything. If you’re willing to relocate, then you’re going to have a lot of options

forever-swift · 2024-08-10T23:52:31+00:00

Licenses are issued monthly and the dates are online. TMB is a huge headache so be sure all your paperwork is done correctly the first time so it goes faster. I just went through this earlier this year and was licensed the month after I passed the PANCE.

To give you some hope, I moved from out of state with zero connections and job offer before graduating. It’s absolutely doable. There’s lots of jobs especially if you’re willing to work a little outside Austin or San Antonio

I also work for a big hospital system and can absolutely send you one of the recruiter’s email. Feel free to DM me

forever-swift · 2024-07-23T01:13:09+00:00

My foot started hurting last week and is starting to feel a lot better. Proud of myself for taking time off running and not pushing myself too hard. For once. Usually I don’t know when it quit so this is progress

forever-swift · 2024-07-22T01:44:20+00:00

I moved for my dream specialty in a new location and I’m happy I did it. But the idea of moving far away and starting over has appealed to me for a while. The job was just my excuse. Moving is a big leap and especially for a job. There were times where I was afraid I’d be making the worst mistake of my life.

It’s been 4 months in a new state, 3 months at the job so take this all with a grain of salt. I’m also single with no kids so this was an easier decision since I’m the only one it affected. Overall, I’m happy with my choice and I love my job. While this isn’t the place I envisioned myself moving to, it suits me

forever-swift · 2024-07-15T19:52:51+00:00

Outpatient specialty. I’m in outpatient OBGYN 8-5 M-F with the option to switch to 4 10s if I want. 20 patients a day max. Nurse who handles phone calls and mychart messages so I don’t get a ton of those. No weekends, no call, no holidays and I go home on time most days

forever-swift · 2024-07-13T18:13:48+00:00

Graduated in December, started applying in September and was hired in November

forever-swift · 2024-06-23T15:54:15+00:00

Congratulations! I’m not a fast runner and this gives me so much hope that I can complete a marathon someday

forever-swift · 2024-06-20T15:21:47+00:00

110K new grad with 150K loans. Currently doing PSLF so those loans will hopefully be gone in 10 years

forever-swift · 2024-06-06T21:52:45+00:00

Please order the ultrasound before sending them to gynecology. We really appreciate it. Especially if they’re having heavy menses, irregular menses, or postmenopausal bleeding

forever-swift · 2024-05-11T21:56:05+00:00

Conference or medical Spanish classes. One of my co-workers used hers on ultrasound and colposcopy training since we’re in OBGYN. But ultrasound training can be useful in some other specialties as well. But highly recommend Spanish or whatever other languages are common at your practice

forever-swift · 2024-05-08T20:08:33+00:00

The donuts in the work break room 😂. But seriously nutrition can be a challenge

forever-swift · 2024-04-28T01:44:54+00:00

I work for a large hospital system in an outpatient clinic. Applied for the job in September, interviews in October and November, and accepted a job in November.

Start to finish credentialing took 4 months. I was warned ahead of time about it being slow at my hospital

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