WEBVTT 00:00.440 --> 00:01.440 Mhm . 00:04.440 --> 00:05.440 Mhm . 00:10.840 --> 00:13.430 My name is No comstock . I'm an A . One 00:13.430 --> 00:16.630 C . In the Air Force and I'm a med tech . 00:16.640 --> 00:18.920 Hello , my name is Murray Donkey and 00:18.920 --> 00:20.920 I'm a second lieutenant here at the 00:20.920 --> 00:23.031 35th med group . I work as a clinical 00:23.031 --> 00:25.440 nurse in the multi service patient and 00:25.440 --> 00:27.551 patient unit . I'm Airman first class 00:27.551 --> 00:31.060 steven Sears . I'm a 4051 and I am a 00:31.060 --> 00:33.500 medic at the first lieutenant robert M . 00:33.500 --> 00:35.611 Ostrovsky . I am a clinical nurse and 00:35.611 --> 00:37.611 the urgent care center . Misawa Air 00:37.611 --> 00:39.667 Base Japan . Hi my name is dr Kendra 00:39.667 --> 00:41.833 Mandible and I'm the nurse utilization 00:41.833 --> 00:44.111 manager here at the 35th Medical Group . 00:44.111 --> 00:46.222 My name is Miranda Watson and I'm the 00:46.222 --> 00:49.260 patient safety manager . Corey Stone . 00:50.240 --> 00:53.630 And my job title is Deputy commander 00:53.640 --> 00:55.940 and chief nurse . I'm Gioacchino french 00:55.940 --> 00:58.750 Lodge . I'm a major and education and 00:58.750 --> 01:00.861 training . Flight commander A one C . 01:00.861 --> 01:04.650 Holly Hanson foreign uh medical tech . 01:04.660 --> 01:07.730 My name is senior Airman Mackenzie Hoyt 01:07.740 --> 01:09.962 and I am a medical technician . My name 01:09.962 --> 01:11.907 is Captain Justin Wells and I am a 01:11.907 --> 01:13.684 labor and delivery nurse on the 01:13.684 --> 01:16.600 maternal newborn unit . I um Captain 01:16.610 --> 01:18.810 Christie Graves . I am the internal 01:18.810 --> 01:20.940 medicine nurse . Yeah , 01:30.140 --> 01:32.470 so for me it's always been about caring 01:32.470 --> 01:35.830 and about serving quote I know is that 01:35.830 --> 01:39.530 if the purpose of your life is to serve 01:39.530 --> 01:42.930 other people . Um and so that's where 01:42.930 --> 01:45.150 I've kind of kept my focus as a nurse 01:45.150 --> 01:49.010 is to be there for others being a med 01:49.010 --> 01:52.140 tech in the Air Force . That uh means a 01:52.140 --> 01:56.130 lot to me . I was a medical tech in the 01:56.130 --> 01:59.270 civilian world before I enlisted . So I 01:59.270 --> 02:00.992 think I have a bit of a unique 02:00.992 --> 02:04.370 perspective on what it means . Um you 02:04.370 --> 02:06.426 know , before I enlisted being a med 02:06.426 --> 02:09.090 tech , it was my job . You know , after 02:09.090 --> 02:12.360 enlisting . Um , it's not a job 02:12.360 --> 02:15.090 anymore . This sort of becomes who you 02:15.090 --> 02:18.570 are . Um there's duty excellence 02:18.580 --> 02:21.800 and you have to embody what it means to 02:21.800 --> 02:24.710 be a service member . So 02:24.720 --> 02:28.500 being a med tech in the Air 02:28.500 --> 02:31.400 Force specifically , it allows me to 02:31.400 --> 02:33.511 take care of some of the most special 02:33.511 --> 02:37.240 people for me personally , uh it's a 02:37.240 --> 02:39.462 proud moment because I've always wanted 02:39.462 --> 02:41.518 to be a part of the service and I've 02:41.518 --> 02:43.684 always had medical in my mind , so for 02:43.684 --> 02:45.840 me , uh it's a great way to serve my 02:45.840 --> 02:47.980 country and at the same time learn 02:47.980 --> 02:50.240 medical and then hopefully use it in 02:50.240 --> 02:53.190 the future , you know , as a nurse , as 02:53.190 --> 02:55.468 a physician's assistant , I don't know , 02:55.468 --> 02:57.634 so it's a great , it's a great path to 02:57.634 --> 02:59.801 go on and I'm very proud to be a nurse 02:59.801 --> 03:02.023 in the Air Force . So growing up , both 03:02.023 --> 03:04.079 of my parents are military , so I've 03:04.079 --> 03:07.200 seen how taking care of each other's 03:07.210 --> 03:11.020 the members loved ones means a lot and 03:11.020 --> 03:13.030 it takes a lot of stress off of the 03:13.040 --> 03:15.030 active duty member . So that is 03:15.030 --> 03:17.030 something that I really enjoy being 03:17.030 --> 03:19.252 able to help Active duty members with . 03:19.252 --> 03:21.419 I wanted to be a nurse because there's 03:21.419 --> 03:23.586 something that I always wanted to do . 03:23.586 --> 03:25.530 I never really thought about being 03:25.530 --> 03:27.530 anything other than a nurse . Uh so 03:27.530 --> 03:30.070 when I graduated in 2015 I applied and 03:30.070 --> 03:32.292 became a nicu nurse , which is with the 03:32.292 --> 03:34.459 inmates . And I think something really 03:34.459 --> 03:36.514 special about working with Premature 03:36.514 --> 03:38.810 babies is seeing them born as early as 03:38.810 --> 03:41.570 24 weeks and being able to breasts and 03:41.570 --> 03:43.737 hit all those milestones and goals and 03:43.737 --> 03:45.737 be able to go home and with today's 03:45.737 --> 03:48.030 technology , I was able to actually 03:48.040 --> 03:50.670 follow them on Facebook or Instagram 03:50.680 --> 03:53.300 but from their parents and actually see 03:53.300 --> 03:56.040 some of them start kindergarten . Being 03:56.040 --> 03:59.210 a nurse in the air force is my way of 03:59.210 --> 04:02.940 giving back . I was enlisted way back 04:02.940 --> 04:06.890 in 2003-2007 separated to become a 04:06.890 --> 04:10.640 nurse . And um I missed it . So it was 04:10.640 --> 04:13.700 kind of my way of coming back doing 04:13.700 --> 04:15.780 what I love being a nurse and also 04:15.780 --> 04:18.830 serving in the military to me and being 04:18.830 --> 04:20.941 a nurse in the Air Force has been one 04:20.941 --> 04:23.108 of the greatest opportunity . I've had 04:23.108 --> 04:25.160 to do so many different things um 04:26.240 --> 04:30.180 as a nurse . Um I often when 04:30.180 --> 04:32.690 I do my mentorship and talk to younger 04:32.690 --> 04:35.000 nurses , I tell them you know in the 04:35.000 --> 04:37.510 Air Force is the only place that you 04:37.510 --> 04:40.270 will move your way up in the jungle gym 04:40.280 --> 04:42.930 approach to ladder movement in the 04:42.930 --> 04:46.510 career of nursing . You can stay in in 04:46.520 --> 04:50.370 one hospital And I'll do bedside 04:50.370 --> 04:53.270 nurses for 10 years but 10 years in the 04:53.270 --> 04:55.580 air force will get you to do so many 04:55.580 --> 04:58.180 other different things . Um You might 04:58.180 --> 05:00.330 experience inpatient outpatient , you 05:00.330 --> 05:04.050 might experience um positions that 05:04.050 --> 05:06.610 you become a manager , disease manager , 05:06.610 --> 05:08.770 health care , Integrator , managing 05:08.770 --> 05:11.750 population health . Uh The opportunity 05:11.750 --> 05:13.840 also to integrate with inter 05:13.840 --> 05:16.980 professional health care team as an 05:16.980 --> 05:19.036 education and training specialists . 05:19.036 --> 05:21.202 You know , I've had the most wonderful 05:21.202 --> 05:23.680 experience as a nurse And in the air 05:23.680 --> 05:25.458 force . As a matter of fact , I 05:25.460 --> 05:28.520 graduated in 2004 and I joined the air 05:28.520 --> 05:31.580 force right away . I graduated in June 05:31.580 --> 05:34.340 and I joined the military In the fall 05:34.350 --> 05:38.170 of 2004 . So my nursing experience , 05:38.640 --> 05:41.420 it's been military nurse experience and 05:41.420 --> 05:44.650 I've had the most wonderful 05:44.650 --> 05:47.850 journey and and I would not change it 05:48.340 --> 05:50.850 for anything . So for me it's being 05:50.850 --> 05:53.017 part of a team . I've been a nurse for 05:53.017 --> 05:55.017 15 years total . It's my first duty 05:55.017 --> 05:57.130 station after O . T . S . Spent six 05:57.130 --> 05:59.186 years enlisted . Uh 9 11 . Telephone 05:59.186 --> 06:01.980 Japan . 9 11 in Pittsburg before coming 06:01.980 --> 06:05.210 here to Japan was a four end , was a 06:05.220 --> 06:07.460 former medic . So about a lot of great 06:07.460 --> 06:09.900 people in the Air Force and just glad 06:09.900 --> 06:11.956 to have the opportunity to be active 06:11.956 --> 06:14.122 duty and have a little greater role in 06:14.122 --> 06:16.122 supporting the war fighters we have 06:16.122 --> 06:18.178 here in Japan , being a nurse in the 06:18.178 --> 06:20.289 Air Force . You know , I was enlisted 06:20.289 --> 06:22.456 as a med tech and the National Guard . 06:22.456 --> 06:24.456 So being able to promote and put on 06:24.456 --> 06:26.511 that God O . T . S . And put on that 06:26.511 --> 06:28.970 bar and serving in a different capacity 06:28.980 --> 06:31.110 in Japan is something very meaningful 06:31.110 --> 06:32.777 to represent your country and 06:32.777 --> 06:35.690 especially serve the service member in 06:35.690 --> 06:37.801 a rural environment and give them the 06:37.801 --> 06:39.857 best care that I can't is completely 06:39.857 --> 06:42.023 different than what I was doing in the 06:42.023 --> 06:43.912 civilian world . Working civilian 06:43.912 --> 06:46.860 hospital . So for me 06:47.240 --> 06:50.380 I I knew that I wanted to work with 06:50.380 --> 06:53.080 people from pretty early on . But then 06:53.080 --> 06:55.310 I found that I really enjoyed science 06:55.310 --> 06:58.710 as well . So nursing was the perfect 06:58.710 --> 07:01.020 combination of both of those things . 07:01.020 --> 07:04.030 For me . I also liked the holistic 07:04.030 --> 07:06.060 approach of nursing in working with 07:06.070 --> 07:09.240 people . So that was kind of what got 07:09.240 --> 07:12.780 me in there . My background is in 07:12.790 --> 07:16.770 a surgical intensive care . So that was 07:16.770 --> 07:19.090 a lot of fun because I was fast paced . 07:19.090 --> 07:22.210 I was learning a lot um there was a lot 07:22.220 --> 07:24.910 of thinking and puzzles involved in 07:24.910 --> 07:27.132 that and a lot of just kind of going on 07:27.132 --> 07:30.580 the fly that I really enjoyed . Uh Now 07:30.590 --> 07:34.560 since we having moved to Masala 07:34.570 --> 07:37.210 now I am working like I mentioned as 07:37.210 --> 07:39.432 the infection prevention ist and that's 07:39.432 --> 07:41.377 been really interesting . It's not 07:41.377 --> 07:44.730 something I ever expected to do , but 07:44.730 --> 07:47.960 it's been a really , really fun 07:47.960 --> 07:51.430 challenge and interesting to see 07:51.440 --> 07:54.140 why I did , why I was doing , taught to 07:54.140 --> 07:57.720 do things the way that I was and why we 07:57.720 --> 07:59.942 practice nursing the way that we do and 07:59.942 --> 08:02.053 learning the science behind it and it 08:02.053 --> 08:04.330 kind of a different the point of it , 08:04.340 --> 08:06.562 as long as I can remember , I've always 08:06.562 --> 08:08.910 had a connection with like the elderly 08:08.910 --> 08:12.120 population . Um I'm that person that I 08:12.120 --> 08:14.176 can be in the grocery store and that 08:14.176 --> 08:17.050 elderly person will find me and spark a 08:17.050 --> 08:20.380 conversation an hour later I'm leaving 08:20.380 --> 08:22.491 the grocery store having learned some 08:22.491 --> 08:25.780 lesson or some unique facts about 08:25.780 --> 08:29.080 life . Um my favorite part was taking 08:29.080 --> 08:31.247 care of them in the hospital because I 08:31.247 --> 08:33.191 learned a lot from them , just the 08:33.191 --> 08:35.413 whole caring , holistic aspect of being 08:35.413 --> 08:37.524 around them and hearing their lessons 08:37.524 --> 08:40.120 learned their journeys in life , why 08:40.120 --> 08:42.287 they ended up where they were . That's 08:42.287 --> 08:44.509 always been my favorite part of working 08:44.509 --> 08:47.600 with the elderly and I've always had 08:47.600 --> 08:49.880 that love for them . So something I 08:49.880 --> 08:52.230 love about being a tech in the Air 08:52.230 --> 08:54.940 Force is I get to move around a lot to 08:54.940 --> 08:56.996 different types of units kind of see 08:56.996 --> 08:59.900 like how health care is as a whole . Um 08:59.910 --> 09:02.250 So for example I can be here in labor 09:02.250 --> 09:05.700 and delivery unit or in the family 09:05.700 --> 09:09.050 health clinic or in O . R . You can 09:09.050 --> 09:11.350 just go everywhere and you can see um 09:12.140 --> 09:15.320 in every aspect of medical and how 09:15.320 --> 09:17.153 everything works and it's really 09:17.153 --> 09:19.540 interesting and fun . Yeah . 09:22.840 --> 09:23.850 Yeah 09:27.040 --> 09:30.240 so at the end of my work days I really 09:30.240 --> 09:32.296 like to decompress by heading to the 09:32.296 --> 09:34.890 gym . Um I work off some of my steam 09:34.890 --> 09:38.470 that weight and then I can 09:38.480 --> 09:40.369 typically head home , have a nice 09:40.369 --> 09:43.870 dinner and I'll go to bed early and get 09:43.870 --> 09:46.620 ready for the next day . Um At the end 09:46.620 --> 09:48.676 of the week though I usually like to 09:48.676 --> 09:51.090 head out with O . D . R . Go on some 09:51.090 --> 09:53.480 nice trips . Well sometimes go up to 09:53.480 --> 09:56.060 the mountains , go backpacking kayaking . 09:56.540 --> 09:58.760 Um I really loved the outdoors so 09:58.770 --> 10:00.910 that's where I go to clear my mind , 10:00.920 --> 10:03.890 get some space away and really boost my 10:03.890 --> 10:07.220 morale to come back on monday and hit 10:07.220 --> 10:09.730 it hard again . For me personally I'm 10:09.740 --> 10:12.170 really big enough running lifting 10:12.170 --> 10:14.337 weights and just spending time with my 10:14.337 --> 10:16.392 family . So if I've had a long day I 10:16.392 --> 10:18.503 had a long day I go lift some weights 10:18.503 --> 10:20.670 and I go for a nice long run clears my 10:20.670 --> 10:23.003 head and I feel way better about myself . 10:23.003 --> 10:25.114 I've had lots of experiences of being 10:25.114 --> 10:27.970 very much put under pressure and I've 10:27.970 --> 10:29.803 had some tough days , especially 10:29.803 --> 10:31.850 nursing , it's really not an easy 10:31.850 --> 10:34.160 career field , has many difficulties . 10:34.340 --> 10:37.030 Um , My thought process is always to 10:37.030 --> 10:40.000 have a healthy coping mechanism . Um , 10:40.010 --> 10:41.899 you know , you don't want to be a 10:41.899 --> 10:43.677 patient in 30 years because you 10:43.677 --> 10:46.580 accumulated some bad habits , um such 10:46.580 --> 10:50.050 as running yoga and here traveling is a 10:50.050 --> 10:52.970 big , just go out and just see some 10:52.970 --> 10:55.192 beautiful part of Japan and it can just 10:55.192 --> 10:57.192 open up a different mind space that 10:57.192 --> 10:59.248 it's worth it to be here and just to 10:59.248 --> 11:01.414 get out of the bubble , get out of the 11:01.414 --> 11:03.470 workspace and just realize where you 11:03.470 --> 11:06.160 actually are . So we have a great team 11:06.160 --> 11:08.160 here . So I have the opportunity to 11:08.160 --> 11:10.049 work down here in the urgent care 11:10.049 --> 11:12.290 center . So the team environment here 11:12.290 --> 11:14.568 allows us to really support each other . 11:14.568 --> 11:16.457 Also like to go to the gym or get 11:16.457 --> 11:18.290 heavily tattooed , which is also 11:18.290 --> 11:20.179 something I enjoy it as well . So 11:20.179 --> 11:22.401 really anything to distract myself from 11:22.401 --> 11:24.512 the day , there's obviously stressful 11:24.512 --> 11:26.401 days , but this happens some good 11:26.401 --> 11:28.512 coping skills , being able to kind of 11:28.512 --> 11:30.457 connect with your team , get out , 11:30.457 --> 11:32.679 enjoy , especially the environment here 11:32.679 --> 11:34.901 in Japan , I have a lot of support back 11:34.901 --> 11:34.270 home , like I said , both my parents 11:34.270 --> 11:37.080 are military so I have them to be able 11:37.080 --> 11:39.930 to vent too and they know kind of what 11:39.930 --> 11:42.210 I'm going through and then my 11:42.210 --> 11:44.432 significant other is also military , so 11:44.432 --> 11:46.432 it's nice having him to vent to and 11:46.432 --> 11:48.590 then obviously being here , we all go 11:48.590 --> 11:50.646 through a lot of the same stuff , so 11:50.646 --> 11:52.757 having teammates that understand that 11:52.757 --> 11:54.868 and I can go to to event or just talk 11:54.868 --> 11:57.190 to is very nice . Usually go home and 11:57.190 --> 11:59.301 my husband's there and my friends are 11:59.301 --> 12:01.412 usually there and we love game nights 12:01.412 --> 12:03.579 and so we get together and make dinner 12:03.579 --> 12:05.412 and have game nights and then we 12:05.412 --> 12:07.246 usually try to get a really good 12:07.246 --> 12:09.468 night's sleep and then I do my workouts 12:09.468 --> 12:11.634 in the morning and getting a nice good 12:11.634 --> 12:13.801 workout in in the morning before where 12:13.801 --> 12:15.801 it helps me recenter and refocus my 12:15.801 --> 12:17.968 family , my family keeps me grounded . 12:17.968 --> 12:20.079 Uh They keep me busy and they keep me 12:20.079 --> 12:21.801 humble um keep me wanting more 12:21.801 --> 12:24.120 basically . They're really my best 12:24.120 --> 12:26.550 mechanism coping mechanism that I have . 12:26.560 --> 12:30.160 Um my kids uh whether sports or music , 12:30.170 --> 12:32.448 I love being able to be there for them . 12:32.448 --> 12:34.670 And so I look forward to the end of the 12:34.670 --> 12:36.880 day where I have to take them to 12:36.880 --> 12:39.047 wherever activities that they have and 12:39.047 --> 12:41.158 watching them play basketball or play 12:41.158 --> 12:43.500 music . That's sort of my release of 12:43.510 --> 12:47.390 the day . Um And it helps when 12:47.390 --> 12:50.890 you have good fun , funny co workers to 12:50.890 --> 12:52.834 work with that get you through the 12:52.834 --> 12:55.960 entire day . Uh Whatever stress level 12:55.970 --> 12:58.690 we are at at that time , you know , 12:58.690 --> 13:00.880 someone pops a joke and it just makes 13:00.880 --> 13:04.250 it all better instantly . So those are , 13:04.260 --> 13:06.427 those are great coping mechanisms that 13:06.427 --> 13:08.720 I get to use every day . Of course , 13:08.730 --> 13:11.160 you know , every any kind of profession 13:11.160 --> 13:13.190 does have its uh you know , moments 13:13.190 --> 13:15.400 that you say , okay , why , what was I 13:15.400 --> 13:17.567 thinking when I decided to do it ? But 13:17.567 --> 13:19.940 for nurses in particular , I have 13:19.940 --> 13:22.310 myself , I can only speak for myself . 13:22.320 --> 13:25.060 It was , it was a decision that I 13:25.940 --> 13:29.530 I took seriously , I knew I would be 13:29.530 --> 13:31.641 working with people . I knew it would 13:31.641 --> 13:34.740 be difficult , but you would only get 13:34.740 --> 13:37.950 what you give and you can only give 13:37.950 --> 13:41.810 what you have . Um So if you come in 13:41.820 --> 13:44.720 in a profession to give and you know 13:44.720 --> 13:46.831 your source of strength , the way you 13:46.831 --> 13:50.690 can replenish your own needs . 13:50.700 --> 13:53.990 Um and it is constantly , you'll be 13:53.990 --> 13:56.690 able to also provide that to others . 13:56.700 --> 14:00.270 Um , So I have my , my way of dealing 14:00.270 --> 14:04.230 with my stress . Um , and I figured 14:04.230 --> 14:08.230 out a way to manage and then , and 14:08.230 --> 14:11.890 my patients have no no fault of their 14:11.890 --> 14:14.060 own to be , you know , to be treated 14:14.060 --> 14:16.171 differently just because I'm having a 14:16.171 --> 14:19.050 bad day , Um , No one decides to come 14:19.050 --> 14:21.780 to the health care just because they 14:21.780 --> 14:24.410 want to , you know , so we all have bad 14:24.410 --> 14:26.950 days and their bad days bring them here 14:26.960 --> 14:30.160 and and my responsibility , 14:30.170 --> 14:33.610 whether I'm working in the office or by 14:33.610 --> 14:36.190 bedside is to ensure that the patient 14:36.190 --> 14:39.170 is my primary focus . Take care is more 14:39.170 --> 14:41.560 important than my needs sometimes . I 14:41.560 --> 14:44.690 mean , it depends obviously on how the 14:44.690 --> 14:47.370 week has gone and just what I feel like 14:47.380 --> 14:49.602 doing . Sometimes it's hanging out with 14:49.602 --> 14:51.436 my husband and the cats and just 14:51.436 --> 14:53.547 sweltering pizza and watching a movie 14:53.547 --> 14:55.547 and then sometimes it's going for a 14:55.547 --> 14:58.930 bike ride or um going out with friends 14:58.940 --> 15:01.500 just to kind of get out and you know , 15:01.510 --> 15:03.732 see things around here . We can't go do 15:03.732 --> 15:06.010 a whole lot right now because of Covid , 15:06.010 --> 15:08.310 so we stay local usually , but um just 15:08.320 --> 15:10.320 having those little things , I have 15:10.320 --> 15:12.487 like planned dinner dates with friends 15:12.487 --> 15:14.487 throughout the week . Everybody has 15:14.487 --> 15:16.598 kind of , we have kind of a sign days 15:16.598 --> 15:18.598 to hang out sometimes and it's just 15:18.598 --> 15:20.431 nice to always have that to look 15:20.431 --> 15:22.487 forward to and to be able to kind of 15:22.487 --> 15:22.420 recharge a little bit . A couple of 15:22.420 --> 15:24.587 things that I do to decompress at home 15:24.587 --> 15:26.476 is just work out hang out with my 15:26.476 --> 15:29.630 husband . Um I love to cook . So 15:29.640 --> 15:32.980 uh you know , new cooking , new recipes 15:32.980 --> 15:36.220 that I do um to mentally prepare myself 15:36.220 --> 15:38.600 for , you know , more deliveries , more 15:38.600 --> 15:40.900 patients , everything like that . Um I 15:40.910 --> 15:44.060 try to think of , okay , what can I do 15:44.060 --> 15:46.040 better to make this next patients 15:46.050 --> 15:48.750 experience having a baby , whether it's 15:48.750 --> 15:51.750 the 1st , 2nd , 3rd um 15:52.140 --> 15:55.440 better for them and for me more fun and 15:55.450 --> 15:57.810 exciting like it should be . Yeah , so 15:57.810 --> 15:59.977 I've been taught that when life is too 15:59.977 --> 16:02.830 hard to stand kneel and when I've been 16:02.830 --> 16:06.210 on my knees and um I've always 16:06.210 --> 16:08.650 received questions or answers to my 16:08.650 --> 16:10.730 questions , I've always received 16:10.740 --> 16:13.730 comfort . I've been blessed to have a 16:13.740 --> 16:17.040 great wingman wherever I worked uh to 16:17.040 --> 16:19.430 help me through hard times . My number 16:19.430 --> 16:21.720 one wingman is my husband and he's 16:21.720 --> 16:23.720 always helped me and been there and 16:23.720 --> 16:25.950 definitely other friends and family 16:25.960 --> 16:28.071 have always been there to help me out 16:28.440 --> 16:30.607 and that's how I typically get through 16:30.607 --> 16:31.607 things 16:31.607 --> 16:38.550 thing . 16:38.940 --> 16:42.830 So to 16:42.830 --> 16:45.250 anyone out there who's aspiring to join 16:45.260 --> 16:47.660 the Air Force um I just want to 16:47.660 --> 16:49.882 encourage you to go ahead and make that 16:49.882 --> 16:52.104 leap . Um This has been one of the best 16:52.104 --> 16:54.327 decisions of my life and it's opened up 16:54.327 --> 16:56.549 so many great opportunities for me . Um 16:56.549 --> 16:58.770 Honestly they're endless . You never 16:58.770 --> 17:01.380 know where you're gonna go . Um The 17:01.380 --> 17:04.160 excitement that travel . Um the 17:04.160 --> 17:06.470 opportunities for education , they're 17:06.470 --> 17:10.180 amazing . So make the jump go . Air 17:10.180 --> 17:13.360 Force just keep pushing especially the 17:13.360 --> 17:15.582 in less than members I want you to keep 17:15.582 --> 17:18.390 going no matter any obstacle . Um Reach 17:18.390 --> 17:20.760 out to your officers , reach out for a 17:20.760 --> 17:23.830 mentor . Um You can keep going um O . T . 17:23.830 --> 17:26.540 S . As possible . I've worked with many 17:26.540 --> 17:29.050 active duty personnel that did the N . 17:29.050 --> 17:31.680 C . Uh the activity nurse um 17:31.680 --> 17:33.847 commissioning program . It is possible 17:33.847 --> 17:35.902 and also you know for officers . You 17:35.902 --> 17:37.958 know this is not the civilian sector 17:37.958 --> 17:40.790 but just keep pushing and um that 17:40.790 --> 17:42.679 resilience you can really get you 17:42.679 --> 17:44.920 through um any difficulties that the 17:44.920 --> 17:47.340 military may give you . Sure . Yeah . 17:47.350 --> 17:50.190 So uh a great opportunity to join Nine 17:50.190 --> 17:52.301 states Air Force to be in the medical 17:52.301 --> 17:54.412 profession here . So again many years 17:54.412 --> 17:56.950 on the civilian side uh the military 17:56.950 --> 17:59.061 medicine aspect of things really does 17:59.061 --> 18:01.117 help as far as career progression is 18:01.117 --> 18:03.339 concerned . But also quick shout out to 18:03.339 --> 18:05.506 9 11 in Pittsburg . So that's my first 18:05.506 --> 18:07.783 home . You guys are always in my heart . 18:07.783 --> 18:10.006 So I think we do a really good job here 18:10.006 --> 18:09.920 at the 35th medical group with 18:09.920 --> 18:12.240 supporting the 35th Fighter Wing and 18:12.240 --> 18:14.351 I'm really proud of our nursing force 18:14.351 --> 18:18.290 here . Great job . I'm really it's 18:18.290 --> 18:20.290 been really nice to be able to work 18:20.290 --> 18:22.512 with the people that are here and learn 18:22.512 --> 18:24.568 a lot from everyone with a different 18:24.568 --> 18:26.568 backgrounds and I think uh yeah , I 18:26.568 --> 18:28.800 think just having each other's backs 18:28.800 --> 18:32.290 and Look out for one another and you 18:32.290 --> 18:34.512 might not be a morning person , but try 18:34.512 --> 18:36.734 to , because maybe that person you work 18:36.734 --> 18:38.901 with as a morning person , so everyone 18:38.901 --> 18:41.270 is working really hard to uh come 18:41.270 --> 18:43.580 together and be a team and support as a 18:43.580 --> 18:46.440 whole . And I think it's always really 18:46.440 --> 18:48.720 nice to feel like a cohesive part of 18:48.730 --> 18:50.940 that . So I'm really grateful to be a 18:50.940 --> 18:53.250 part of the team here , y'all are my 18:53.250 --> 18:55.610 rock stars , keep up doing what you're 18:55.610 --> 18:57.850 doing and so probably eat guys , take 18:57.860 --> 19:00.082 care of others , like they are your own 19:00.082 --> 19:03.040 family and friends . Um once we 19:03.040 --> 19:05.730 understand why we do what we do and 19:05.730 --> 19:08.040 that passion would always be ignited 19:08.040 --> 19:11.730 with whatever makes us um you know , 19:11.730 --> 19:15.410 feel fulfilled , complete . Um and to 19:15.410 --> 19:18.320 me is engaging with other people , 19:18.330 --> 19:21.560 meeting the needs of others um and 19:21.560 --> 19:23.671 providing them the resources for them 19:23.671 --> 19:26.000 to figure out on their own how to go 19:26.000 --> 19:28.390 about and take care of themselves . In 19:28.390 --> 19:31.380 other words , empowering patients and 19:31.380 --> 19:33.840 power hour . You know , our colleagues 19:33.850 --> 19:36.890 is the best way that we can kind of 19:36.890 --> 19:38.890 work as a team and provide the best 19:38.890 --> 19:41.610 quality care to our patients . Yeah . 19:41.620 --> 19:45.400 Use each other as motivation , help 19:45.400 --> 19:47.456 each other through the rough times , 19:47.456 --> 19:50.360 the rough days and whatever passion you 19:50.360 --> 19:52.940 want in life or whatever dreams you 19:52.940 --> 19:56.630 have pursue it no matter what , you may 19:56.630 --> 20:00.020 run into some roadblocks but use each 20:00.020 --> 20:03.310 other to find ways to get through it um 20:03.310 --> 20:07.250 and don't ever stop , keep going . I've 20:07.260 --> 20:09.680 been extremely blessed in my profession 20:09.690 --> 20:12.300 to rub shoulders with the phenomenal 20:12.300 --> 20:15.580 people and being able to do that has 20:15.580 --> 20:18.810 always lifted my spirit . And I know 20:18.810 --> 20:22.520 that there are several um nurses , 20:22.530 --> 20:25.340 technicians , healthcare professionals 20:25.350 --> 20:28.300 in the Air Force and in the Department 20:28.300 --> 20:32.010 of Defense that keep after it day in 20:32.010 --> 20:34.010 and day out and definitely make the 20:34.010 --> 20:37.220 sacrifices so that we can all 20:37.230 --> 20:40.970 be better and I just 20:40.970 --> 20:44.270 appreciate them so much , mm .